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[–] portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

We should not try to save every creature, plant, business, whatever that is threatening to become extinct. Maybe it's just their time.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Businesses are obviously very different - but this is a very short-sighted view of plants and animals. It's only their time because we've massively changed ecosystems in very short timespans, and their extinctions will often further affect their respective ecosystems and other species negatively, leading to further extinctions.

The only times when this many species went extinct was when literally most species went extinct. It's naive to think this won't include billions of human deaths.