William H. Macy

William H. Macy Instagram – The next day on our ride, we were still talking about the lions and the interdigitating relationship of all these creatures. We were crossing land that is the cradle of human civilization. Africa is where Homo sapiens began and we speculated on what had changed in the last 300 thousand years. What a wonder life is. How clever. Each species carving out a niche for itself. Seeing the marvels of each of the creatures – the elephants, the giraffes, the hippos, the cats, the termites for God’s sake, it made me think of where we fit in. It made me love homo sapiens. Forgive me for editorializing, but we are critters too. We have succeeded better than any others. We have succeeded too well. But we have succeeded with our brains. And I believe our brains can get us out of this mess of global warming and the degradation of the planet. I think there is cause for optimism. Two of the huge preserves we rode across in Laikipia were paid for by Americans who bought up thousands of acres and put it into trusts that protect it for the critters forever. And it’s working. We were in the hill country and as we climbed these small mountains, we got a view of the valley below. And the plains looked full to me. I’m certainly not an expert but the herds look to be thriving. In fact, there is a big controversy that there are too many elephants. The elephants will eat all the lower leaves off the trees, and then they’ll push the trees over and eat the rest. They are deforesting the place. So the notion arises that we need to cull the herds, but of course that is unspeakable at this time. To me it is an indication that there are solutions, and that we are not doomed, and that because of our success as a species, it is up to us to come up with these solutions. Okay, I’m done. | Posted on 01/Sep/2022 21:04:30