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It's crazy just how little of the Earth we are crammed into though. I'd imagine we could branch out a little more, giving people more space, if it were properly
by growlist 7y ago
It's crazy just how little of the Earth we are crammed into though. I'd imagine we could branch out a little more, giving people more space, if it were properly managed. More settlements, but make all the space in between untouchable reserve.
- pjkundert 7y agoCanada is basically empty, and much of it is both habitable and farmable. You could drop most of Western Europe into central western Canada, and we literally wouldn’t notice.
- growlist 7y agoPrecisely. And (I know the average map makes it look even bigger than it is but still) just look at Siberia. It's hard not to be cynical and conclude that the land owning class deliberately seek to keep the population corralled.
- daemin 7y agoI don't think it's the land owning class that is keeping people in big cities. I think people tend to naturally congregate in bigger and bigger cities, easier transportation is bringing more people in rather than distributing them. I read that Taleb wrote something about this recently.
- growlist 7y agoAgreed, I'm speculating. I'm just coming more and more to the conclusion that very few phenomena that disbenefit the rich are allowed to persist for very long.