[ My take is that Gaia evolved intelligent human life so we can defend the ecosystem against the next round of dinosaur-killer asteroid strikes.
Which our technology would allow, but nobody is interested in putting the technology into effect. Which I personally think is really stupid. ]
Exactly!!!! If “Gaia” evolved us to be smart even if that “smartness” destroys 99% of all animal and plant life in the process of moving off planet and settling the resto of the solar system then the stars it would be loads better than evolving sharper teeth and claws and then having every damned thing eventually burn to a crisp.
Ask your local green headed idiot who is interested in the “future of the planet” if they can wrap their minds around thinking 1 billion years into the future....
a rat dun bit mah sista nell an’ whitey on da moon. ~sarc all sarc~