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George Carlin - Saving the Planet

George Carlin's stand-up routine arguing the planet will be fine and it is people who are in trouble. It mocks the idea of saving the planet.

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HN quotes it in environmental threads as a famous, darkly funny take that the planet will outlast humanity.

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I view our success as a product of evolution. It is the driving factor that got us down out of the trees, cultivating our food and to where we are today. Would we be putting a little less pressure on the environment without people like …
radiorental on Hacker News · 2019-01
In Insect collapse
Hey, you can be proud for having spent time thinking about it to start with. And for having tried! Feeling responsible for it yourself alone is not necessary, it's bigger than that. Here's a thought or two by Attenborough on overpopulation, one of the drivers …
kbr2000 on Hacker News · 2020-09
In Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species extinction

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