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11/22/04
Life Will Find A Way, by James Sogi
In the movie "Jurassic Park," the scientist said, "Life will find a way." The incredible power of the life force is irresistible. It is so powerful it overcomes the basic powers of the universe such as gravity and entropy. Crush it, blow it up, poison, war, disease, predators, ice ages, life always comes back, it always finds a way.
In my garden, I cut back my basil, oregano, and pepper and herbs not with scissors, but with a hedge trimmer and chain saw to keep it from overwhelming my house. Larger weeds require a large tractor and heavy equipment to fight back. Let it go for a few weeks, and it will consume all traces of human existence. Small weeds and trees bust through hardened concrete.
Europe, Japan, Russia, China recovered from annihilation. Humans thrive in desolate and forbidden climates. Insects never stop their onslaught against pesticides, and destruction. The US came back after terrible Civil wars, depressions, disease. Societies, countries, companies die out but a thousand new ones rush in to fill their places. Life flourishes in the darkness of the ocean bottoms and in sunless caves filled with acid. Life came back after episodes of global annihilation.
To think that life does not fill the universe is folly. The incredible force and unstoppable power of life is what drives each of us each day, what drives our country, our economy and ultimately our markets. Human life and society have flourished for 10's of thousand of years. Those who argue that it will wither ignore the power of the life force and the inevitable march forward that the strongest powers of the universe cannot hold back.
The query whether this century will match the progress of the last misses the point. The next few centuries will witnesses the greatest advances in human history. We in modern times live as the ancient gods of Olympus. Generations from now will look at our lives as mean, short and beggarly. Life will find a way.