Everything is about learning
“ 4.5 billion years ago, our planet was a primordial toxic soup. There was no ozone layer protecting it from solar radiation. Little atmospheric oxygen, and, of course, no life. Roughly 3.8 billion years ago, life mysteriously appeared, and life has been learning since. Over eons, life has shaped its surroundings to be more conducive to more forms of life: photosynthesis converted carbon dioxide into oxygen and sunlight into chemical energy, enabling life for aerobic organisms like us! Microbes turned rock substrates into soil providing fertile ground for plants. Food webs balanced predators and prey yielding environmental niches for diversity to flourish. In short, as Janine Benyus eloquently states: "Life creates conditions conducive to life'. ”
