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This is ridiculous. We live in a generally improving world with declining global poverty, declining child mortality, declining war etc etc. There are still ton

• rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
  >We live in a generally improving world (...) I thin you're unknowingly validating OP thesis. All the improvements you mention are directly affecting mankind. But at what costs did we get these immediate improvements? What are the externalities? At some points, they will have direct, dire consequences on human life. You're probably aware of climate change already (we talk a lot about this, but it's getting worse), but our focus will switch to ecological collapse. "We will see mass extinctions that undermine human well-being". https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03891-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03891-1 Here in Europe, we've already lost 30% of birds' populations, and 80% of insects in 30 years. The loss is accelerating fast. Now, is it possible that the effects of climate change and loss of biodiversity can exceed the improvements you've mentioned initially? Can you discard this hypothesis?