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> What’s the alternative How about just having our cake and not eating it too? Rewind the last 200 years and go back to a preindustrial society. Admit that thi
by jimmytucson 7y ago
> What’s the alternative
How about just having our cake and not eating it too? Rewind the last 200 years and go back to a preindustrial society. Admit that this level of progress is a candidate for the Great Filter and turn around.
Sounds crazy, but if facing imminent destruction, why rule anything out?
- BjoernKW 7y agoDeliberately going back to a preindustrial society in the end means deciding who is going to live and who isn't (including both currently living human beings and those potentially born in the future). Who is to make that decision and on what grounds? By the way, intentionally rewinding to a preindustrial society technically is a candidate for the Great Filter, too. While a civilisation that does this will survive it won't be discoverable anymore in order to provide an answer to the question "Where's everyone?".
- polotics 7y agoBack to preindustrial society? What to do with the 80% of humanity this can't feed?