Thousands of little boys and girls dream of exploring and charting the world. But then they wake up and look at a map. All the islands are already on there.
Thousands of little boys and girls look up at the moon, then sigh, knowing we’ve already been on there.
In a hundred years, thousands of little boys and girls are going to look at old images of the woods, or the plains, or the sea, and wish they could’ve been there to discover new species, but then they open up thier biology books, and all the creatures are already on there.
BUT!!
In the year of our lord 2023, I can open up wikispecies, go to marasmius or agaricus or fucking amanita, and see twenty orange links for pages that haven’t been created yet AND I KNOW THAT’S ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
I can literally go out into the woods and pick any random amanita, and there’s better than a 50/50 chance it’s undescribed or has had zero research done.
We are in the middle of the genetic revolution!! There are hundreds of species out there, and we can still discover them, and study them, and cherish them knowing we are the first!! This is the perfect time for me to be alive.
I have my life’s work cut out for me. And you are free to live this aswell. We will need an army of people to find everything there is, and there will still be things missing.
GO DISCOVER!!!