In an article for The Atlantic, science journalist Peter Brannen writes against the idea of the Anthropocene.

In the simplest of terms, the Anthropocene is a new, present day epoch, in which scientists say we have significantly altered the Earth through human activity.

Brannen says that geological time is deep beyond all comprehension and, using the analogy of running a marathon, he argues that geologically, all of recorded human history is irrelevant.

He joined Kerre McIvor to further unpack his theory.

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