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    1. The Chthulucene needs at least one slogan (of course, more than one); still shouting “Cyborgs for Earthly Survival,” “Run Fast, Bite Hard,” and “Shut Up and Train,” I propose “Make Kin Not Babies!” Making kin is perhaps the hardest and most urgent part.

      Haraway introduces a slogan she came up with “Make Kin Not Babies!” to establish her vision in terms of Chthulucene. She emphasizes the urgency of reimagining human relations beyond reproduction and genealogical ties. More so the part of “Make Kin” is to deliver the idea of taking responsibility for the life that we affect around us and to form a deeper connection with species other than ourselves. Haraway's purpose for this slogan is to project more awareness of the Anthropocene we currently live in and Chthulucene.

    2. Right now, the earth is full of refugees, human and not, without refuge.

      In this singular sentence, Haraway highlights the destruction of refugia as the “Inflection point” marking the Anthropocene. Building on Anna Tsing’s argument, she emphasizes that without places of refuge for recovery, all life on earth including us humans are living in a displacement and uncertainty of survival in the future. This point broadens the scope of the systemic crisis outlined by Haraway earlier, demonstrating that the Anthropocene is not only characterized by the deterioration of our ecosystem but also by the eradication of the very spaces that would prevent the mass extinction of life.

    3. But, is there an inflection point of consequence that changes the name of the “game” of life on earth for everybody and everything? It’s more than climate change; it’s also extraordinary burdens of toxic chemistry, mining, depletion of lakes and rivers under and above ground, ecosystem simplification, vast genocides of people and other critters, etc, etc, in systemically linked patterns that threaten major system collapse after major system collapse after major system collapse. Recursion can be a drag.

      Haraway begins with a strong compelling opening that frames the argument she is trying to make. She proposes the question of the "inflection point” that changes the “game of life on earth”; she immediately emphasizes the gravity of the ecological and systemic crisis. She expands beyond the understanding of climate change to include toxic chemistry, mining, water depletion, ecosystem simplification, and mass extinctions to establish the interconnect and recursive nature of the collapse of our planet.