Thanos, played by Josh Brolin, is a powerful and ruthless alien warlord who appears in several films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His ultimate goal was to collect the Infinity Stones and use them to wipe out half of all life in the universe, in order to bring balance to the cosmos. While Thanos’ actions were certainly awful, his motivation of wanting to address overpopulation and resource depletion was understandable. We have a sense of what it means to over-exploit the environment and from a dispassionate view of things, population control is a possible solution. But, no one person should have the power to indiscriminately wipe out life. One could argue though that Thanos was maybe the most extreme environmentalist in the universe. Here’s a tip, Thanos, next time go plant some trees instead!