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I'm arguing that bringing up that 0.1% of the population is starving isn't a relevant point in regard to how much population we can actually feed. It was an ans
by ascar 5y ago
I'm arguing that bringing up that 0.1% of the population is starving isn't a relevant point in regard to how much population we can actually feed. It was an answer to your original comment.
Your answer is derailing the discussion to a moral debate about the worth of lifes.
- NiceWayToDoIT 5y agoI do not know do you understand that Stalin had same pattern of thinking? By that logic why not having 40bn people, I mean there is plenty of calories, we do not have to all eat each day, every other day will do... The entire conversation only has sense in context of life and quality of life of those people, along with all other beings in ecosystem, as idea of the entire article is benefit for having more people for the sake of economy. There is technical level so what is maximum. Maximum amount of caries with minimum amount of calories needed to survive = 40bn. There is other side if there is one involuntary death due to starvation, there is no point of growing bigger population, as it is shitty civilization anyway and it does not deserve to exist. Even in pure technical level calculation does not work, as we need to include all issues and loses, we cannot auto-magically say things will solve themselves. It is necessary to include waste, and continuation of the food waste, then global warming (droughts, floods, pollution), then loss of top soil, issue with nitrogen fixation, issue with energy production, collapsing of marine life, supply chain ...