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I personally think that the focus on producing crops at breakneck speeds to feed the billions starving all over the world is a sad thing. Reduce your population
by x5n1 10y ago
I personally think that the focus on producing crops at breakneck speeds to feed the billions starving all over the world is a sad thing. Reduce your population you miserable people you are killing the planet. But somehow everyone believes that technology will save us all at the cost of everything else, we will survive and move to a new planet in our spaceships.
> when societies industrialize, their birth rates drop
How long will it take society birth rate drop to cause population to reach 1600s levels. Like they say don't hold your breath. Some day all this stuff will lead to salvation, but other than rhetoric, not in my life time or those of my children. It's a good story, but in real terms, our impact is not in any way getting better it's getting worse. And using technology, green tech, whatever, to fight technology to make everything alright just slows things down it does not actually fix anything. I doubt it ever will. Call me a pessimist about these sorts of things.
- dlp211 10y agoSure, you start.
- x5n1 10y agoGotta get my voice in the wilderness in there somehow.
- Bluestrike2 10y agoOr technology could help us maintain this one into the future and feed everyone. Even today, the biggest problem isn't food production but transport and access. Technology can absolutely help improve those areas, while providing the tools to enable more efficient local food production. And while reproducing is literally what we do, when societies industrialize, their birth rates drop. More efficient agriculture allows workers to be shifted to other sectors, a critical step in improving the quality of life in least developed countries as well as developing countries.