Self Centeredness is not caring about what we are doing to the immensely diverse forest and ocean ecosystems that took really long periods of time to get to where they are..or were.. and that we are very lucky to have at this point. Why accelerate their destruction? Just in my lifetime, I have seen many changes human have created. Before that, the Natives were here for around 13,000 years and barely changed anything. In 400 years that others have been here, they have changed most forests and rivers, destroyed fisheries and are working on the oceans. It's hard to experience the negative feelings that come with realizing what we are doing, so must people want to deny them.