Freak the funk, hype the funk, swipe the funk - and all that junk

Dealing with the back lash of atmospheric carbon increase is, without a global consensus on green house gas emissions, most likely not going to work out and the first victims are undoubtedly the slow evolving multi-cellular life we share this planet with.

I am sure insects will be okay, they have latent (ie unexpressed but complete) genes for: high atmospheric carbon/high temperature/high vegetative growth to cope with the change and (relatively) short generation cycles to ensure evolutionary success.

This is the classic difference between the two reproductive paradigms: r-strategy and k-strategy.

k-strategy is a mammal strategy, it involves investment in the young at the expense of few offspring. It is a strategy of success when faced with a stable environment.

r-strategy is fish strategy, it involves no investment in offspring, but producing thousands of them in the hope a few survive. It is a strategy of success when faced with a dynamic environment.

So let’s dispense with the metaphor and look around us, would you say that the environment for your communication is stable? Or dynamic?

It is of course dynamic. The internet is a revolution for communication and as such an r-strategy for communication will prevail, rss, sound and video at the bare minimum.

Unfortunately without a serious attempt at stabilising the carbon in the atmosphere you need to kiss goodbye to all the mammals as a result of your decision, and probably some bird species too.

The next lecture will involve sex selection, colonization of island environments and peacocks to counterpoint this basic lesson.