Friday, February 16, 2007

Why cities don't scare us

In the galapagos there are marine igaunas that have evolved without predators and aren't afraid of strangers, which means they are being eaten by dogs. The igaunas compeletely lack the fear response and get eaten.

Humans also lack predators and aren't afraid of cities, limited liability corporations, petrochemicals, monarchies, religions or the stock market and the economic priests.

Ultimately agriculture and the unusually steady climate has created a new predator that our evolution has not prepared us for, just as the iguanas were not prepared for the introduction of dogs.

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