Newt Powers
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I made a reflection on what weโre losing by letting unknown species all around the world go extinct before weโve ever discovered them. Warning: it can get kinda sad. Check it out if you like. Made with @pinetree because itโs almost 20 minutes long.
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Newt Powers
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1. Iโll make a thread because why not. Weโre letting species weโve never discovered go extinct. Thereโs fundamentally something so sad about that. But it makes me think about our priorities as a society. This thing will probably be way out of order (and sad as a warning), but here goes๐ญ
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Newt Powers
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2. One of the things I talk about in the video is how we think about exploration as a very extractive process. I made a video on how these beautiful deep sea corals are being used for their anti-cancer properties. We explore the deep sea to mine it.
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