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In the year 1289, King Philip IV of France was worried about fish. “Each and every watershed of our realm,” he proclaimed, “large and small, yields nothing due
by mymythisisthis 6y ago
In the year 1289, King Philip IV of France was worried about fish. “Each and every watershed of our realm,” he proclaimed, “large and small, yields nothing due to the evil of fishers.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/medieval-people-were-already-ruining-fish/589837/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/medieval...
I've already witnessed the collapse of fishing in the oceans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_northwest_cod_fishery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_north...
- atomi 6y agoI'm so bearish on humanity. A future like The Expanse is starting to look optimistic.
- blaser-waffle 6y agoHumanity isn't the problem, just the number of humans. Historically we had wars and famines and disease to take care of that. Neo-COVID will reduce those numbers. Or else we learn to manage resource or something.
- readarticle 6y agoAnd you’re currently witnessing the recovery of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery to historical, sustainable levels by 2030.