The Abandonment of Hierarchy in Ecology

I find that when you really try to get to the distinction between something that using our sort of traditional definition of aliveness what is and isn't alive it becomes much harder. I think anyone who spent any time thinking about ecology has an appreciation for how all of these different elements are pushing on each other all in one kind of big process that includes us so um so yeah it does kind of do away with that sense of hierarchy because you sort of understand that these processes are cascading into other processes that it involves everything and everyone.