I agree with the first part of your comment, about change being the natural default.
I disagree with the idea that we should seek to completely control every species' environment in order to avoid suffering. IMO, the goal of species preservation is a selfish one, but it's not to make us feel good. It's about knowledge: the more biodiversity there is, the more case studies we have from which to learn useful things.
From this perspective, constructing viable artificial environments implies that we either a) already know all there is to know, so keeping those species around doesn't make sense anymore (unless they're cute or useful in some other way) or b) those artificial environments lead to different behavior, therefore disallowing the aquisition of knowledge that could be gained from a natural environment.
A diverse system is more robust to threats of all kinds. The more species there are the more likely they are to survive a threat. Biodiversity is not vanity it is a strong defensive position to ensure long term survival.
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I agree with the first part of your comment, about change being the natural default.
I disagree with the idea that we should seek to completely control every species' environment in order to avoid suffering. IMO, the goal of species preservation is a selfish one, but it's not to make us feel good. It's about knowledge: the more biodiversity there is, the more case studies we have from which to learn useful things.
From this perspective, constructing viable artificial environments implies that we either a) already know all there is to know, so keeping those species around doesn't make sense anymore (unless they're cute or useful in some other way) or b) those artificial environments lead to different behavior, therefore disallowing the aquisition of knowledge that could be gained from a natural environment.
A diverse system is more robust to threats of all kinds. The more species there are the more likely they are to survive a threat. Biodiversity is not vanity it is a strong defensive position to ensure long term survival.