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Part of the human condition is learning, whether by experience, example, or necessity. While humans were becoming sentient, they told stories trying to explain what they didn't understand. Many times, the stories protected aspects of Nature. Trees were sacred, so they were protected. Even today, Hawaiians have a warning legend that if you take sand from the islands, you'll have bad luck. So legends like that protected or protect, a part of the natural world. As time went on, humans understood more and more about the world, and as I said, changed the legends to suit their needs. Individual trees didn't really house spirits, so they became fair game for use. I think the legend about the sand is holding up. If it isn't, all we have to do is see what is happening to Nauru to see that there is a good reason to keep islands intact!
What I'm trying to say is that as humans learned about the world, we moved from living with Nature to exploiting it. In spite of what we are learning about the balance in Nature, we are abusing all of the world systems, and our reign on the Earth is not going to end well.
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