The technological advancement of mankind has surpassed our ability to consider the full dimensions of its impact on everyone, as our explosive growth in the 20th century continues to negatively affect the planet and other creatures such as bat colonies and birds around the Colorado River.
The speaker reflects on the wonder of seeing bat colonies around the Colorado River and the shift from the Holocene to the Anthropocene era, which they have written about as a journalist.
The speaker discusses the impact of humans on the earth and mentions CRISPR as a tool that can change the nature of nature in a programming way. The post-Holocene era may be named after our formative element although it is hubristic to consider our authority in certain ways.