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doesn't matter to be honest. We are already overpopulated and those who says it isn't just doesn't know how many people live under poverty and are simply privil

doesn't matter to be honest. We are already overpopulated and those who says it isn't just doesn't know how many people live under poverty and are simply privileged. I understand if we manage resources properly we have very high carrying capacity but it is not pragmatic to solve all those problems. Human greed, corruption has no bounds and will always hinder and there is no solution, is there? Rules, laws are generally made by elites even in democracy. Further, Nature makes us inherently greedy (selfish genes perhaps?) and many of us can't deny it, can we? I think people like Elon always says declining fertility is huge problem but i simply don't see it as a problem. People like him will never suffer due to money problems and will live luxurious life. But only people working 996 realize how much exploited we are. And old age is not that big deal because of technology. One person can manage hundreds of people. We can scale a lot.

hersko 5y ago
I disagree with just about everything you said. "We are already overpopulated and those who says it isn't just doesn't know how many people live under poverty and are simply privileged." This makes no sense. As the global population has grown, less people live in extreme poverty [1]. Your entire comment is basically saying life is hard so people should not be born? This is absolutely the best time to ever be alive in history. "One person can manage hundreds of people." Have you ever been to a nursing home? This seems insanely optimistic. [1]https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty
- cute_boi 5y ago
  You source [1] doesn't disprove it to be honest. It is not because of population growth that less people live in extreme poverty. It is because of technological achievement and progress in society. Basically its the time (considering we progress) that is eradicating extreme poverty not the population growth. You are linking wrong data to prove me wrong. In fact, overpopulation means more pressure on resource which we already can't mine due to various reason. You connected nursing home with wrong thing again. The problem with less fertility is that when there are lot of old people many people can't go to factory and old people can't work. But with technological advances one people can manage a lot of machines due to automation. Anyway, nursing home is easier to manage today than it was 100 years ago. Your entire comment is basically saying life is hard so people should not be born? This is absolutely the best time to ever be alive in history. Is it really? Your source clearly says "Most people in the world live in poverty. 85% of the world live on less than $30 per day, two-thirds live on less than $10 per day, and every tenth person lives on less than $1.90 per day" Would you like to be that 85% who wants to live on less than $30 per day? So, you are trying to conceal the difficulty saying life is hard but in fact it is extremely hard for many people.
zionic 5y ago
The US is massively under-populated.
- cute_boi 5y ago
  this article is about India not US so I am taking from that perspective. And India is over populated...

hersko 5y ago

I disagree with just about everything you said. "We are already overpopulated and those who says it isn't just doesn't know how many people live under poverty and are simply privileged." This makes no sense. As the global population has grown, less people live in extreme poverty [1]. Your entire comment is basically saying life is hard so people should not be born? This is absolutely the best time to ever be alive in history. "One person can manage hundreds of people." Have you ever been to a nursing home? This seems insanely optimistic. [1]https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty

cute_boi 5y ago
You source [1] doesn't disprove it to be honest. It is not because of population growth that less people live in extreme poverty. It is because of technological achievement and progress in society. Basically its the time (considering we progress) that is eradicating extreme poverty not the population growth. You are linking wrong data to prove me wrong. In fact, overpopulation means more pressure on resource which we already can't mine due to various reason. You connected nursing home with wrong thing again. The problem with less fertility is that when there are lot of old people many people can't go to factory and old people can't work. But with technological advances one people can manage a lot of machines due to automation. Anyway, nursing home is easier to manage today than it was 100 years ago. Your entire comment is basically saying life is hard so people should not be born? This is absolutely the best time to ever be alive in history. Is it really? Your source clearly says "Most people in the world live in poverty. 85% of the world live on less than $30 per day, two-thirds live on less than $10 per day, and every tenth person lives on less than $1.90 per day" Would you like to be that 85% who wants to live on less than $30 per day? So, you are trying to conceal the difficulty saying life is hard but in fact it is extremely hard for many people.

zionic 5y ago

The US is massively under-populated.

cute_boi 5y ago
this article is about India not US so I am taking from that perspective. And India is over populated...