> The earth is a finite space with finite resources All important resources that are either non-exhaustible or substitutable. While there are certain theoretic

> The earth is a finite space with finite resources All important resources that are either non-exhaustible or substitutable. While there are certain theoretical limits, there is no limit to economic growth. This is the cornucopian position. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopian The Malthusian position, held by many scientists who do not actually understand what economic growth actually is, has been shown to be wrong time and time again. > Do you really think we can get 8b people live like the average US/EU citizen ? I believe we can get 80 billion people to live at a standard that far surpasses our current living standards. In due time, that is. > What's the end goal ? I don't know. Fully-Automated Gay Luxury Space Communism? Why does there need to be an end-goal? > We all have cars, amazon same day drone delivery, eat meat 3 times per day and go on vacation every 3 months ? We'll all have space-cars, same hour drone delivery, eat meat every fifteen minutes, and go to work for a week every three months. > But at least I can sleep at night knowing I'm not actively trying to make things worse for future generations. No you can't. What if future generations will think of you as "one of those fucking Malthusians" that held back human development by supporting austerity politics? What if you're completely wrong about all your beliefs about the future, just like Malthus before you?