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> It's hard to imagine humans going extinct http://burro.case.edu/Academics/USNA229/impactfromthedeep.pdf http://burro.case.edu/Academics/USNA229/impactfromthe
by jbay808 5y ago
> It's hard to imagine humans going extinct
http://burro.case.edu/Academics/USNA229/impactfromthedeep.pdf http://burro.case.edu/Academics/USNA229/impactfromthedeep.pd...
Page 6 helped grow my imagination. The ice ages are not the worst it ever was.
- goatlover 5y agoIf it didn't kill of all land animals, then it's still hard to imagine humans not surviving somewhere.
- jbay808 5y agoHumans are a k-selected species and we die pretty easily. What makes you think so?
- goatlover 5y agoBecause nearly 8 billion people live all over the planet in various environments, and make use of technology to adapt.
- infinite8s 5y agoWhy do you assume humanity will be able to maintain the current level of technology?
- jbay808 5y agoI, for one, think it would be terribly difficult to maintain mines, steel mills, farms, water purification plants, chemical plants, concrete plants, auto factories, living quarters, hydroponic farms, plastic plants, glass plants, textile factories, sanitation, and all the other infrastructure we would rely on to maintain a technological existence, in an H2S-poisoned atmosphere with no ozone layer and no end in sight over eon timescales. Technological civilization isn't a balloon or a tower, it's a pyramid. In order for the peak to climb higher, the base levels -- a stable and inexpensive supply of food, air, land, and water -- need to grow as well. Undermine that foundation and you can't expect the upper levels to float.