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Historically, all such "carrying capacity" estimates have been shown wrong. What makes you believe the 7.7 one is any better?
by xixi77 11y ago
Historically, all such "carrying capacity" estimates have been shown wrong. What makes you believe the 7.7 one is any better?
- tremon 11y agoI don't. But I've always been a glass-half-empty kinda guy, so I tend to err on the side of caution (or, in this case, catastrophe). Quite frankly, it doesn't matter to me whether the "real" capacity is 1 billion or 20 billion or 100 billion, as I don't believe we (as a species) have any chance of moderation in the face of opulence. As long as there's any surplus capacity left on this planet, we will find a way to use it. As fast and as wasteful as we can, until it all comes crashing down.