Which leads to the second part of human’s job description: “Subdue it.” Meaning, harness the raw, uncut potential of the earth itself. Make something of the world you’ve been dropped into. You have a forest — do something with it. You have a river — make it work for you. You have metal deep in the earth’s crust — get it out. You have sun and wind and soil and rain — do something with it. Plant crops, build houses, invent solar power, design computers, make music, shape art, come up with technology — fill the earth and subdue it.
