Richa Sharma
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@richasharma_i
Finding Home Again https://t.co/egJFjJvloF
Watching a dinosaur documentary on Netflix and then scrolling through news about war is a strange combination. One species disappeared because of a cosmic accident. We might not need one. Dinosaurs ruled this planet for millions of years. They evolved, adapted, and survived ages of change we can barely wrap our heads around. Their story didn’t end because of their choices, their politics, or their conflicts. It ended because of a cosmic accident, an asteroid they never saw coming. Humanity lives in a very different moment. We can actually see these things now. We track asteroids, study them, and there’s a real chance we could deflect one if it ever came our way. We might one day stop the very event that wiped out the dinosaurs. And yet the biggest threat to us isn’t some rock from space. It’s us. The wars we keep fighting. The conflicts we keep justifying in the name of power, borders, and beliefs. Dinosaurs were helpless against the universe. Humans might be powerful enough to stop a cosmic catastrophe and still reckless enough to create one ourselves. In the end, dinosaurs were defeated by chance. If humanity disappears, it may not be chance at all. It may just be the choices we kept making. #EndWar
Pune, the city that often entices the traveller in me, will be the host of a booktalk on Finding Home Again. It ought to feel special, isn’t it? So if you are in Pune, join us on Nov 8th, at Third Space. #findinghomeagain #bookevent #punebookevent
