@Unblinking I know you wrote the post in 2010 so may not remember the story so well but I think the idea was that before, they did what they did to support the natural order but now humans are creating so much distruction themselves they are no longer needed to support the natural order, as the humans are doing their job for them, so much so that they actually need to start preventing the destruction in order to support the natural order, as the human race is doing so much damage. I thought it was a well thought out and well written piece.