Why We Need Diversity

Languages are dying. Species are going extinct. Our world's diversity is withering away. But why should anyone care anyway? Why should diversity be treated as a value in itself? Thumbnail modified from original art by Aaron Morse and Tarsila do Amaral. Introduction - 0:00 Defining Diversity - 0:52 The Scale of Loss - 3:15 The Causes of Loss - 4:45 The Value of Diversity - 7:03 Cognitive Diversity - 10:55 Anarchic Diversity - 14:53 Conclusion - 18:28 Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/saintdrew = Check out my website! https://www.andrewsage.org = outro music: Cedar Womb by joe zempel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuMhK75-tYDMV_7nEExFmg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vVDncwsr2d6svvsH8WVYO = Sources & Resources: In Light of Our Differences by David Harmon https://terralingua.org/biocultural-diversity/ The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Genetics Digest Article: https://www.geneticsdigest.com/despite-xenophobia-one-measure-of-our-genetic-diversity-continues-to-decline/ https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/06/23/bottlenecks-that-reduced-genetic-diversity-were-common-throughout-human-history/https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/06/23/bottlenecks-that-reduced-genetic-diversity-were-common-throughout-human-history/ https://www.science.org/content/article/how-we-lost-our-diversity The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies by Scott E. Page Harmony is More Beautiful Than Unison by Margaret Killjoy - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/margaret-killjoy-harmony-is-more-beautiful-than-unison