In the film “The Matrix” written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers (Andy and Larry) there is a character named Agent Smith who has an interesting view of humanity:
“I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you aren’t actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with its surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply, and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we… are the cure.” -Agent Smith
Now if Agent Smith (or the Wachowski Brothers) had any experience with Daniel Quinn’s work they would have corrected themselves and referred to our culture, our Totalitarian Agriculturalist culture as a “virus.” Which is a fairly accurate description of the behavior of our culture.
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