I find it extraordinarily fascinating reading 'Sapiens' the book written by Yuval Harari. I have always been fascinated by the emergence of early humans in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago. Fossil evidence of early advanced humans emerged in Africa from around this period.

Our early relatives were hunter-gatherers. While seeking nutrition, they gathered edible vegetation, butchered large animals, and scavenged the kills of lions and other predators. While I was aware that they migrated northwards and populated the inhabitable portions of this planet, it all seemed fundamental enough knowledge. 

I have been entirely unaware of the devastation of the flora and fauna that accompanied their progress. I could envision a degree of disruption to the vegetation and the resident wildlife but not to the extent that it seems they might have been responsible for having committed.

Through the ages, those early wise humans (sapiens, the one who knows) achieved extraordinary feats in adapting to the challenging climatic conditions they encountered as they overwhelmed the planet. 

In a sense, one might be tempted to respond with some pride being our early ancestors, but it is also apparent that they had little regard for the destruction of the environment. We have inherited that characteristic; acting like our early relatives, we proceed without concern for future resources or the planet's health. We strip it of all it has to offer.

Unlike the domino effect often used to illustrate a causal impact, our predicament is more like the Tower of Babel in the Bible. The story unveils how God intervenes with a divisive hand in human affairs. There is a tipping point to all human endeavours based upon greed, deceit and deception. As we seek to construct a tower comprising many fragile codependent entities, the structure will disintegrate as it is built.