The last paragraphs of this article are brilliant...
> “It’s not going to cure cancer, it’s not going to bring world peace, two things that we desperately need right now,” she says.
“But I would argue that there is great value in understanding the world [and] how biodiversity works so that we can preserve it, which is an integral component of human health,” says Pringle.
She adds: “It’s not clear to me that the best way to repair the world isn’t sitting and watching lichens grow in a cemetery and telling the world about it.”
> “It’s not going to cure cancer, it’s not going to bring world peace, two things that we desperately need right now,” she says.
“But I would argue that there is great value in understanding the world [and] how biodiversity works so that we can preserve it, which is an integral component of human health,” says Pringle.
She adds: “It’s not clear to me that the best way to repair the world isn’t sitting and watching lichens grow in a cemetery and telling the world about it.”