Human Civilization: Destroying as We Create?

... to do so will inevitably result in catastrophic consequences for humans and the animal world. Excessive population growth and overconsumption . The replacement rate required for the global population to remain stable is 2.3 children per woman. The rate ... ... they cannot steal. It is hard to acknowledge that this predatory attitude towards our own environment is as inherent to human civilization as ingenuity and intellect. The ability to create, much as destroy the work of our own hands, is unique to humans....