Over the last 9500 years, earth's mean temperature average varied by only a couple of degrees, represented in the right half inch of this graph below. The previous 80,000 years were subject to wild swings of temperature.
Extreme stability enabled human civilization to flourish. Agriculture took off after weather became predictable. Fewer people had to spend most of their lives finding food. A tiny percentage of our population today grows and prepares food for all of us. The rest spend their time building, writing, doing science, research, discovery, art, medicine, digital innovation - whatever they choose.
We're sure lucky that our climate stabilized. Or . . the Creator fine-tuned our planet home for human flourishing and growth.
(from Weathering Climate Change)
(contd tomorrow)
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