On Point Discussion about "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History"

Above is a link to an OnPoint discussion that I heard on NPR the other day about The Next Great Extinction. It is a wonderful discussion about what many scientists term the Sixth Extinction. This is an extinction that may happen largely due to the human impact on our planet. Elizabeth Kolbert, author of "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History" is the guest on Tom Ashbrook's show and she has some remarkable insights. For instance, humans operate - evolve - at a pace different from that of animals. As "agents of change" as she terms humans, I wonder, why are we not more often taking into consideration the destructiveness of our actions on other species? Our capacity to intelligently create all that we have created in this world has led us down this path toward this eventual extinction. Kolbert argues for us to use our intelligence to figure out how to inflict less suffering upon the creatures with whom we share this Earth. I agree.