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Nathaniel Rich, Ryan Phelan, Ben Novak: Second Nature: Green Rabbits, Passenger Pigeons, Cloned Ferrets, and the Birth of a New Ecology

Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking

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Bringing the Mammoth Back to Siberia

i think there are some compelling reasons why we might consider bringing a mammoth back, or at least creating an elephant that can live in places where a mammoth once lived. The first is ecological. Just just having these animals on the landscape has turned this relatively poorly productive tundra into a rich grassland capable of supporting herbivores. And not only is there sufficient land for these animals to be able to live throughout the winter, but he's seen other species like siga antelope that are relatively rare and endangered,. come and visit the park because it is such a rich grass land. I would argue that now's the time to change. Now's tha time to take advantage of these technologies

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