Biophobia is increasingly common among people raised with television, video games and shopping malls, freeways…. People who averse nature would be considered as biophobia. First of all, before I read this article, I did not know biophobia exist. As human are products of revolution. Biophilia should be the way we born. As E.O. Wilson said, ‘Biophiha is inscribed in the brain itself, expressing tens of thousands of years of evolutionary experience.’
But what is the meaning of biophilia? David stated that there are three kinds of love in Greeks: eros, meaning love of beauty or romantic; agape, sacrificial love which asked nothing to return. philia, means love between friends. He has eight reasons why should we increase our love from eros to agapes because eros is just calculations of self-interest. It is too bloodless, too cool, and too self-satisfied. I do not think I would sacrifice for the nature. On the other hand, there are some points that I think would be considered as eros, such as kindness to wild creatures, caution in the use of technology…
There is one thing that I absolutely agree. David said the nature has a complexity way beyond then we think of. I understand that by studying biology and organic chemistry. High-technology artificial things are usually good. For example, genetically modified seeds increase the quality and quantity of food. It is more environmentally friendly than traditional farming because less pesticide and chemical fertilizer is needed. As far as I know, nothing bad happened yet. On the other hand, there are still lots of things that human are not able to do or they do not understand the theories behind.
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