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This is just risk compensation playing out. The better resources the environment has, the more we will eat until we kill ourselves.
by mensetmanusman 3y ago
This is just risk compensation playing out. The better resources the environment has, the more we will eat until we kill ourselves.
- steego 3y agoSo you’re asserting that people are engaging in riskier behavior because they feel safer? I don’t want to put words in your mouth, I’d like for you to expand on your two sentences.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoYeah, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation There are lots of analogs. At a population scale it seems reasonable.