A planet might deteriorate even if human beings existed upon it, if the society were itself abnormal and did not understand the importance of preserving the environment."" Surely, " said Pelorat, "such a society would quickly be destroyed. I don't think it would be possible for human beings to fail to understand the importance of retaining the very factors that are keeping them alive." Bliss said, "I don't have your pleasant faith in human reason, Pel. It seems to me to be quite conceivable that when a planetary society consists of Isolates, local and even individual concerns might easily by allowed to overcome planetary concerns. Isaac Asimov
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The planet might deteriorate even if human beings existed upon it, if the society were itself abnormal and did not understand the importance of preserving the environment.” The quote talks about how the planet is very important and doesn’t let humans go away. In other words, because of how important the planet is, humans could destroy it. This happens in a lot of stories when humans are destroying something for what they think is a greater good. In this case, they are doing this for a faster way of living because they don’t want to die off.

Source: Foundation And Earth

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