"The biggest problems the world is facing today are not all beyond our control. Rather, they are all of our own making, and entirely in our power to deal with."
This young woman at a public speaking conference in Dubai has given the best summary of the Anthropocene that I've been able to find in my several years of self-study on the topic.
The term 'Age of Man' is a loaded one indeed. According to several publications including the Guardian, human impact on Earth is vast enough that it has lead to the proposition of an epoch.
Are human beings largely are at fault for the premature destruction of Earth? The general consensus is yes, but that is neither here nor there.
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