How to Read a Dangerous Planet

Species advisory: Homo sapiens is capable of generosity, cooperation, rivalry, rationalization, and embarrassing explanations. The evidence supports human behavioral flexibility—not a claim that every human lies or is born a parasite.

Name what happened: a request, broken commitment, changed account, insult, or repair. Do not replace evidence with an animal label.

Your alarm matters; so do alternative explanations. The Index applies to your own appetite, your favorite story, and the authors.

A published observation, experiment, analysis, or source with stated limits.

INTERPRETATION A philosophical lens; useful for asking questions, not proof of

motive.

Three-million-year memories, mystical anatomy, and seven imaginary parasite specimens.

Optional methods for protecting choices, setting limits, documenting events, and offering repair.

The Society's safety rail: A single denial is not gaslighting. Intense emotion does not establish deceit. Cooperation is not parasitism. A disappointing friend is not automatically an exploiter.