Adaptation is cool. In nature, coincidental events within an ecosystem and corollary phenotypical variation within a species are in a beautiful dance through geologic time. When an ecosystem is in flux due to a climate shift, variations better suited to drought, for instance, will stand a better chance at surviving to sexual maturity, and therefore, assuming successful mating and gestation, carry on the species with that particular adaptation to the current ecosystem. A cactus is a pretty rugged little plant. It’s not a traditionally sexy plant, but to the female cacti out there; standards of beauty are moot.
Humans are weird. Humans adapt to change most rapidly of any species, but since we, or rather the australopithecines, first used non-perishable hand-tools; adaptation in humans became a steady counterpoint to the theory of evolution. Hominins and eventually homo-sapiens began to environmental changes much more quickly than from generation to generation. The requisite social engineering, which drastically improved the success of the human birthing process, of early humanity would permit cooperation and curation of material culture once the non-perishable hand-tools were first used. Essentially, early hominins gained the ability to reach beyond their environmental carry capacity with the advent of social and material culture.
That makes us, humans, homo-sapien-sapiens, whatever, a one-two punch of a species. And a hell of an invasive one at that. We go everywhere! And where there’s a stressful environment, we find a social order and a toolkit to manage our existence therein.
Cannabis is going to need to become the new tool in the kit. The thing that permits us to adapt to ecological crises between the Ogallala aquifer, the next Deep Water Horizon, or deforestation of those places that help us breath oxygen; it’s probably cannabis. But a tool alone is just a tool. It needs cooperation and direction, but it absolutely needs cultural consensus. If there’s anything worth doing; it’s worth doing with full consent. Adapting to social surroundings is the new evolution of humanity. Adaptation is cool. Adaptation is chill. People seem to be very interested in what they can do and chill, and that seems wise with this rising global average temperature thing. I want to find out what’s in it for everybody, through cannabis, to hopefully love this place better, and maybe each other, and go a little greener. May cooler heads prevail.
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