The old "red in tooth and claw" view of the natural economy… - David G. Haskell

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The old "red in tooth and claw" view of the natural economy has to be updated. We need a new metaphor for the forest, one that helps us visualize plants both sharing and competing. … Evolution's engine is fired by genetic self-interest, but this manifests itself in cooperative action as well as solo selfishness. The natural economy has as many trade unions as robber barons, as much solidarity as individualistic entrepreneurship.

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David George Haskell is an American biologist and writer.

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The study of twigs seems esoteric. But this impression is dangerously wrong. Counting back through bud scars, tallying yearly growth, I not only see the struggle among native and foreign trees, I read the ledger of the world's atmosphere.

When laughing children chase after fireflies, they are not pursuing beetles but catching wonder.<P>When wonder matures, it peels back experience to seek deeper layers of marvel below. This is science's highest purpose.

We can find our way back to thoughtful management for the long-term well-being of both humans and forests. But finding this way will require some quiet and humility.

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