Sir David Attenborough Has No More Fucks To Give, Part 2 - 60 Minutes Interview 9/27/20

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Anderson Cooper: And technology will evolve to come up with some sort of a solution that we can't even imagine?

Sir David Attenborough: No. We live in a finite world.

Ultimately we depend upon the natural world for every mouthful of food that we eat and indeed every lung full of air that we breathe. I mean, if it wasn't for the natural world the atmosphere would be depleted from oxygen tomorrow. If there were no trees around, we would suffocate. I mean-- and actually, in the course of this particular pandemic that we're going through, I think people are discovering that they need the natural world for their very sanity. People who have never listened to a bird song, are suddenly thrilled, excited, supported, inspired by the natural world. And they realize they're not apart from it. They are part of it.

Anderson Cooper: So, by saving nature, we are saving ourselves.

Sir David Attenborough: Oh, without question.

Anderson Cooper: You say in the film, "We're not just ruining the world, we've destroyed it." Is it- is it that far gone?

Sir David Attenborough: It's not beyond redemption.

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/27/1981305/-Sir-David-Attenborough-on-60-Minutes-Our-planet-is-headed-for-disaster?utm_campaign=trending

[CurtEastPoint]

1. full interview

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/david-attenborough-climate-change-a-life-on-our-planet-60-minutes-2020-09-27/

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3. Thank you!

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. I disagree with Sir Attenborough on one thing...

It IS beyond redemption because the human race will not stop the destruction of the earth.

[Boomer]

4. I try to take a practical view of the current mass extinction

Every extinction event has been a golden opportunity for some species to step into the vacant niches. Eventually.