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I'm probably misreading the posts but... The worry is that too many humans may mean consuming too many resources which depletes/damages the earth too quickly.
by TacticalCoder 5y ago
I'm probably misreading the posts but... The worry is that too many humans may mean consuming too many resources which depletes/damages the earth too quickly.
A case could be made that if we were to somehow go back down to about, say, about 1 billion humans (it's a nice round number) we could both keep our knowledge, transmit it, make new discoveries, yet not pollute too much.
I'm not a big fan of the idea that "civilization" should be about packing as many humans as possible in as little space as possible ("because energy efficiency") with as little liberties as possible.
- pyuser583 5y agoHave you looked at the environmental impact of low birth societies? China, Japan, and the former USSR should be environmental paradises. Their combination of technical sophistication and low birth rate should result in something from Avatar. Instead they are irradiated hellscapes (very broad and unfair generalization, but still).
- rsynnott 5y agoThe person I was responding to appeared to be worried we might run out of people. I was pointing out that this isn’t an immediate concern :)
- pyuser583 5y agoTell that to a hiring manager ;)