[bena]

It's comedy and it's asking a philosophical question. It can do both.

He has another bit about how we're not really concerned about saving the planet, we're concerned about making sure the planet remains a hospitable place for us to live.

Which, one again, is kind of a perspective shift. No, we cannot "destroy" the Earth, all we can do is fuck up our ability to exist on it.

[manderley]

Is this supposed to be some kind of new discovery?

[Doji]

No, it's supposed to be comedy.