Leigh Phillips(@Leigh_Phillips):Not only does one single human matter more than an infinite number of insects, I’ll go further: one single human matters more than an infinite number of chimpanzees, whales or dolphins (even though we owe a great duty of care to those species who most approach us in attributes of moral worth). Each human is precious *beyond measure*. There is no math where any volume of anything else ever adds up to the value of just one of us.

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Journalist, geologist & science writer (incl. Nature, New Scientist, Guardian, Telegraph). Co-author People’s Republic of Walmart. Author of Austerity Ecology.

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Leigh Phillips@Leigh_Phillips

2026.09.20 04:15

Not only does one single human matter more than an infinite number of insects, I’ll go further: one single human matters more than an infinite number of chimpanzees, whales or dolphins (even though we owe a great duty of care to those species who most approach us in attributes of moral worth). Each human is precious *beyond measure*. There is no math where any volume of anything else ever adds up to the value of just one of us.

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