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| author | Joe Carstairs <me@joeac.net> | 2026-08-04 15:58:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Joe Carstairs <me@joeac.net> | 2026-08-04 15:58:49 +0100 |
| commit | d00aa90883f500eab9a700cfdc2a5b2125834c7b (patch) | |
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| parent | 70f3b3f36785892518549d54ff8fafc207111bb3 (diff) | |
chp1: comment on relevance of Ape Aware
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diff --git a/chapter1.md b/chapter1.md index aac0c4c..b157150 100644 --- a/chapter1.md +++ b/chapter1.md @@ -269,9 +269,10 @@ appropriate audience. As I've already shown, green rhetors tend to address an unspecified 'we,' suggesting a universal human individual, implying that for all relevant purposes, everyone has the same interests and powers. Thus Chris Packham and -Megan McCubbin can announce the arrival of 'Ape Aware' [@cornerstones, p. 202], +Megan McCubbin announce the arrival of 'Ape Aware' [@cornerstones, p. 202], and Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac of 'the next phase of human -evolution' [@future-we-choose, p. 62]. +evolution' [@future-we-choose, p. 62]: the change necessary for a green +transition is rooted in human nature, not social structure. The word 'Anthropocene' tells a similar story. The word was coined by Paul Crutzen in 2000 in order to propose that the International Geosphere-Biosphere |