Sylvia A. Earle
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The great thing that is saving us right now is the resilience of nature.
If it didn't exist, we would be long gone.
We would have taken enough out of the system so that it would have crashed long ago.
This is the secret for our success, to recognize that
Life is a dynamic process, and it's fragile.
It seems like we're here forever.
Consider, dinosaurs probably thought the same thing, but they did not have a choice.
We have a choice, and it's now.
It doesn't look really good right now, if you look at the evidence, but we still...
I have the last best chance we will ever have to really understand where we fit in, make peace with nature, maybe even among ourselves.
There's one piece of equipment that I would suggest.
It's called the mirror.
Look in it.
Ask the question, who am I?
What have I got?
There's nobody else who's ever lived who's like I am.
I have superpower.
I am different.
And I ask that you identify what that is.
What have you got?