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The self-sufficient tribe is romantic, and it worked once upon a time. I believe we're now 1-2 orders of magnitude away (in headcount) from the possibility of r
by avip 9y ago
The self-sufficient tribe is romantic, and it worked once upon a time. I believe we're now 1-2 orders of magnitude away (in headcount) from the possibility of returning to the "sustainable tribe" stage.
- b0rsuk 9y agoSo if population keeps growing, and the planet remains finite, the result will be scarcity of resources. Scarcity of resources produces wars.
- avip 9y ago"Will be"? That's the current situation. Are people not aware of that?
- lostmsu 9y agoNothing is sustainable in the Universe. Heat death seems to be inevitable.
- maxerickson 9y agoWe'd be in pretty good shape if heat death was the obvious catastrophic horizon.