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title: 'You.  You are nature''s first defender'
slug: 'you-you-are-nature-s-first-defender'
date: 2026-05-13
type: 'post'
status: 'published'
tags: ['linkedin', 'linkedin-original']
abstract: 'You.  You are nature''s first defender.  My proof is in the essay below. Humans are the first species in 4 billion years of evolution capable of protecting all the rest.'
license: 'CC-BY-4.0'
author: 'Jed Anderson'
co_authors: []
canonical_url: 'https://jedanderson.org/posts/you-you-are-nature-s-first-defender'
original_source: 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedanderson432/'
original_date: 2026-05-12
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You.  You are nature's first defender.  My proof is in the essay below.
Humans are the first species in 4 billion years of evolution capable of protecting all the rest.

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*Originally posted on LinkedIn with an attached feed document.*