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Meanwhile people wring their hands and fret over declining population growth, because of the short-term effects it will have (on the order of a couple of decade
by nerdponx 4y ago
Meanwhile people wring their hands and fret over declining population growth, because of the short-term effects it will have (on the order of a couple of decades). Seems incredibly short-sighted to me.
I see no reason why we should specifically pursue growth, rather than a stable population. Short-term population decrease would even be a good thing, as the older and larger generations eventually pass on and their children and grandchildren have fewer children of their own.
- trgn 4y agoI think it's less about population growth and more about habitat destruction. One does not imply the other. Town living instead of suburbs, more pollinator gardens. That already will make a huge difference.
- melling 4y agoMore than half the world lives in urban areas.l, which is an increase https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization “More than half of the world’s population now live in urban areas — increasingly in highly-dense cities. However, urban settings are a relatively new phenomenon in human history. This transition has transformed the way we live, work, travel and build networks.”
- nerdponx 4y agoI don't know. How much habitat has been destroyed for farming, resource extraction, and other industrial purposes like waste storage?