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Humans lived in a symbiotic relationship with the ecosystems we were in for thousands of years, even after developing agriculture. Humanity is not the source o
by treyd 3y ago
Humans lived in a symbiotic relationship with the ecosystems we were in for thousands of years, even after developing agriculture. Humanity is not the source of the problem.
It only became a systemic issue after we developed industrial farming practices without regard for the delicate balances we relied on, by way of extracting the nutrients in the soil to sell on the market in some way or another. This isn't to say we need to dismantle industrial farming, but we should alter the ways we do agriculture to be more conscientious of the natural environment and promote sustainable agriculture. But this may be impossible without some serious crisis in the short/medium term.
- tomrod 3y agoWe developed these practices to prevent starvation. Unless we have industrialized fungi production for protein replacement, industrial farming is here for awhile longer.
- teaearlgraycold 3y ago> industrialized fungi production for protein replacement, industrial farming is here for awhile longer. What do you mean? This sounds like industrial farming.
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoTo feed 8 Billion, we will need 'industry'. But we can make it more friendly. Technology has advanced, it can be the problem and the solution also. Like vertical farming without soil. Or some fungi or insect protein factories, that are powered by solar.
- tomrod 3y agoAnd done well, it need not be land bound or even earth bound.
- xbmcuser 3y agoHumans living with nature for 1000s of years is a bullshit comparison. Human population was less than 1-200 million for those thousands of years. Now it is 8+ billion. The largest cause is the Worlds economic system where we need population to keep growing so that demand keeps growing which results in supply growth and the cycle keeps going on getting bigger. I feel AI powered with cheap renewables like solar and wind is going to end this cycle the result could be non violent population decrease over time but because of how rapid the change will be and how fast it will take economic opportunity out of lot of people hands I think a huge war is more likely.