I think this article is, as is often the case, a complete failure of imagination. You would think that by now zero-sum thinking had been forever proven false, i

I think this article is, as is often the case, a complete failure of imagination. You would think that by now zero-sum thinking had been forever proven false, if anything the collapse of the Soviet Union should have put this myth to rest forever. But no, the author seem intent always on looking at the world as it currently is, as if it is a snapshot in time, and not instead as a constantly shifting mass of endless feedback loops, self-sustaining and amplifying. Life itself is like that; if one were to look at a body, one might predict imminent death by viewing its obvious maladies. Life is like a gyroscope or atom, staying in balance through its spinning. The world will survive, so will the ecosystem, and so will civilization. What will happen is a reduction in the number of humans the world can support, but even that is in question. There will be winners and losers. Because technology and economics are the innovations that lower resource cost and raise efficiency, we can science our way out of this if our political systems can regain their coherence. The last thing we want to do is to remove hope from the patient. The prognosis is not bleak, the patient requires a care plan and treatment is necessary. Leeches are not advised at this time.