In Becky Chambers’ beautiful novel and masterpiece, A Psalm for the Wild Built, Sibling Dex is afraid to walk off the path because of the harm they might cause the grass and the creatures that live in it. But they come into contact with a robot who finds this strange. “Every living thing causes damage to others, Sibling Dex. You’d all starve otherwise. Have you ever watched a bull elk mow its way through a bitebulb thicket?"

All life causes harm. Shouldn't we, for our own wellbeing?

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