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> (hunger, homelessness, many diseases, overpopulation, climate change, war) This is a profoundly, even comically, contradictory set. You cannot actually "sol
by hoseja 1y ago
> (hunger, homelessness, many diseases, overpopulation, climate change, war)
This is a profoundly, even comically, contradictory set.
You cannot actually "solve" any half of these without causing the other half.
- bmn__ 1y agoWhat's the name of the common fallacy, "I can't imagine it therefore it cannot exist"?
- hoseja 1y agoCan you, truly?
- IAmBroom 1y agoHow would access to food and freedom from hunger, sickness, and homelessness cause war and climate change? We already have enough food; it's poorly distributed. Medicinal challenges aren't solved with substantially more energy; they're solved with more information. Housing: plenty of room on this planet, just not situated between your San Fran tech job and the mall. War and climate change are not caused by full bellies and healthy spleens, as you claim. Overpopulation is the last problem to solve, and reproduction trends downwards in affluent, well-educated countries. So, possibly even that is solved by these three benefits.
- michaelhoney 1y agoNot with that attitude, no. Why so pessimistic?