Isn't that what they are saying? A primitive, imperfect tool used prior to higher thinking and reasoning.

I do wonder how interconnected to the planet we actually are, and won't really realise until people live off-Earth for long periods (i.e. years, maybe even decades).

Think of all the bacteria and tiny organisms we interact with on a daily basis. Like those in our soil, which end up in our food, which are crucial for plants to grow, the same plants that are proven to bring us well-being benefits.

Can we really live in a place that is essentially cut off from all the biodiversity that we evolved alongside? Sure, we can take soil and plants, and create little sanctuaries of Earth-nature, but it surely will always be nothing compared to a fully fledged ecosystem, let alone an entire planet.

Yeah. It's basically science fiction and not worth worrying about that much. What we should be worrying about is all the problems we have put ourselves in on Earth. Climate change. Species die off. Habitat loss. Plastic and forever chemicals. Etc... Things that threaten our well-being right now.

Yeah. Seriously. This ^

Yup, I thought of it as a "she" too tbh. I figure because it was written by a woman that the writer's female undertones came through in MurderBot. I can't help but find that books written by women do have something about them that makes them feel different to those books written by men. I can't put my finger on what exactly it is though.

It was programmed to be a weapon so I'm not sure that logic applies.

Interestingly, I thought of MurderBot as being more female than male. I'm not sure why tbh. I assumed because it was written by a woman, so MurderBot had female undertones come through in the writing.

I read them all. I enjoyed it. Not my favourite series ever, but a really good one nevertheless.

Interesting you identify MurderBot as male.

Unfortunately down under here in Aussie and New Zealand, we love pickups too. I am seeing a lot of other EVs on the road too though.

That's the downside of expanding your population on an unsustainable agricultural system. It's difficult to transition after the fact.

Amazon tribes and their creation of dark earth for their agricultural needs perhaps? Cover crops and green manure? No-till? Turning human waste into safe fertiliser?

There are plenty of options.

At the rate we're going they'll need drones to pollinate crops as well.

Imagine. The most advanced society to ever grace the solar system, and our food production technique has already decimated 30-50% of our top soil in just one human lifetime.

An agricultural system that will basically exhaust the planet's fertility in less than 200yrs (from the start of the green revolution) just seems monumentally stupid. But here we are. And that's not even mentioning what it's done to insect populations both above and below ground.