In the mind of a human being, a hundred years is a long time, but to the earth a hundred years is nothing, a million years, nothing. We've been guests here for the blink of an eye and if we're gone tomorrow, the earth, she ain't gonna miss us. My point is that the planet is not in jeopardy, we are in jeopardy. Human beings have no greater right to safety and liberty than any other creature on this planet. We not only lack dominion over nature, we're subordinate to it. Yet humans destroy things so effectively I sometimes wonder, is that our function? Maybe every few eons an animal comes along that's exceptionally murderous so that evolution can proceed to its next phase. ...
Unforeseen consequences occur. And every time, every single time, we all act surprised, because deep down I don't think that any of us actually believe that these dangers are real.
-- Jeff Goldblum, as Dr Ian Malcolm, in Jurassic World Dominion (2022), written by Emily Carmichael and Colin Trevorrow
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