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Well, growth has some advantages: more people means more minds, more ideas, and improved technologies. There's 20 times as many people on Earth now as a thousan
by bbctol 10y ago
Well, growth has some advantages: more people means more minds, more ideas, and improved technologies. There's 20 times as many people on Earth now as a thousand years ago, but our lives are more comfortable. Sustainability is the key word that we want to focus on; if we expand into the Solar System before figuring out how to not consume net resources, we could use up the whole system and then really be stuck.
- Iv 10y agoI'll get behind that argument once 100% of our population is educated and living comfortably, contributing to arts and science. And yes, living sustainably too, even if I suspect this particular goal will be easier to reach than the others.