Shaping Preference & Inducing Greatness
June 28, 2022 · Kris Tyte & Sean Snodgrass

Shaping Preference & Inducing Greatness

In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss the world covered in plants being terraformed by people under bizarre constrains and what seems like a complete lack of useful planning. Human existence might seem like slime mold to a sophisticated alien species, growing and consuming without reason or guided purpose. Beyond human ego and blind ambition, perhaps we can build useful intellectualism, and terraform our world into an environment that invokes greatness, and more purpose driven lives, less we may just make great pets.

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“It's like a plant worship kind of mentality, because they're the bottom-line producers of all life. ”
— Kris Tyte
Reflection on the foundational role plants play in ecosystems as primary producers.
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“The spirit of gardening... you're kind of a future-thinking person. ”
— Kris Tyte
Gardening is framed as an activity that promotes patience and long-term thinking.
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“Certain flowers have magnitudes more DNA than humans. ”
— Kris Tyte
Discussion about surprising biological complexity in plant genomes.
Quotable
“Maybe there's a complexity level to plants that is much higher than we realize. ”
— Kris Tyte
Speculation that plant intelligence or biological systems may be underestimated.
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Infographic illustrating how plant biomass vastly outweighs animal biomass on Earth.
infographic showing Earth's biomass distribution, highlighting dominance of plant life over animals and humans
Quotable
“Everything has entropy. ”
— Kris Tyte
Discussion of structural decay and maintenance requirements in human-built environments.
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Infographic explaining how construction sites can contribute to erosion and runoff pollution.
infographic illustrating construction site environmental impact, including erosion, runoff, and sediment flow into waterways
Quotable
“The pet industry is close to a trillion-dollar economy. ”
— Kris Tyte
Discussion about the economic scale of pet ownership.
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Infographic helping visualize large numerical scales beyond human intuition.
infographic illustrating scale comparison, showing visual representations of millions vs billions vs trillions
Quotable
“Friends smell alike. ”
— Sean Snodgrass
Discussion about studies suggesting humans may choose friends based on scent similarity.
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Infographic explaining how humans rely more on vision than smell compared to other animals.
infographic illustrating human sensory hierarchy, comparing visual dominance vs olfactory processing
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Infographic comparing human-driven land changes to natural geological processes.
infographic showing human vs natural geological forces, including mining, construction, erosion, and tectonic activity
Quotable
“So now human beings are the primary architects of the lithosphere greater than nature. ”
— Kris Tyte
Discussion about human impact on geology and the environment.
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