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> Environmental historian J. R. McNeill stated that he "had more adverse impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."

• ironmagma 3y ago
  Only made possible by the millions going along with what that one individual did. This guy was like a hacker moving fast and breaking things, had no clue what he was doing. Nobody does when they build things for the first time.
  • stemlord 3y ago
    That speaks more negatively to that tired SV motto than it speaks positively to the leaded gasoline guy.
    • ironmagma 3y ago
      Yes, it's not intended to be a positive sentiment, just an observation about the great organism that is all of humanity.
• EmuAGR 3y ago
  Maybe that quote should've referred to the first photosynthetic organism... (due mostly to reproduction than ability itself).