We are eight billion. “By weight, less than 6% of mammals in the world are truly wild” said Sir David Attenborough in his recent documentary, Mammals. “The other 94% are our livestock, our pets and ourselves.” I’m staggered by how relaxed we seem to be about that.

Apparently it’s taken me 2 mo to come back and read this piece. Must’ve been too busy doomscrolling. Very good. We don’t understand power very well, do we?