The Power of Humor

The total combined weight of all living humans currently on earth is around 300 million tons. For many species of large animals in the 21st century, the single most important determinant of survival is whether they are of more use to humans dead or alive. Passenger pigeons were more useful dead, so they're all dead. Chickens are more useful alive, at least for a while, and so there are a lot of chickens. But if your life can't be especially useful to humans, the second best thing you can be is cute. You need to have an expressive face, ideally some large eyes. Your babies need to remind us of our babies. Something about you must make us feel guilty