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How does new technology help these things exactly? Isn't technology, along with the discovery of coal and oil, a major contributor to the scaling of the human p
by bmitc 5y ago
How does new technology help these things exactly? Isn't technology, along with the discovery of coal and oil, a major contributor to the scaling of the human population and the effects of that? The vast industrialization over the past 150 has not been good for humanity or the planet.
- cjohnson318 5y agoI think they generally mean: optimal and sustainable farming, abundant clean energy, and world leaders that can think more than two years ahead.
- bmitc 5y agoThey specifically mentioned technological leaps, so that's what I went on, for better or worse. I think clean energy will not by itself solve much. We need to reduce and reorganize at the same time as bringing on clean energy production, but that won't happen. Look at China, who is the world leader in clean energy production. I worry if fusion ever happens, people will just be like "great, electrical energy is free now", which won't be good. I agree we need leaders thinking more than a few years ahead.
- jhoechtl 5y ago> and world leaders that can think more than two years ahead They can do that. It's the electoral system which doesn't give an incentive to do so.