More a Creator Than a Destroyer

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Humanity has necessarily evolved so that we have more of the nature of creators than of destroyers—or else the species would have died out long ago. People seek to improve their conditions, and therefore on balance people build more than they tear down and produce more than they consume. Hence each generation leaves the world a bit better in most respects than it begins with.

Julian Simon

My German translation.

See also my post Why Humans Are Good Stewards of Nature — Human Ingenuity: The Ultimate Resource.