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The book "not the end of the world" by Hanna Ritchie makes a neat point that humans have never lived in what we would call a sustainable way, but it's possible
by riffraff 2mo ago
The book "not the end of the world" by Hanna Ritchie makes a neat point that humans have never lived in what we would call a sustainable way, but it's possible for this generation to be the first one that does.
- pjc50 2mo agoEither there is a first sustainable generation, or one day there will be a last unsustainable generation.
- gonzalohm 2mo agoHow is that possible? At some point there were a small amount of humans and they probably were not able to consume resources faster than nature can replenish them
- expedition32 2mo agoNomadic tribes have to be constantly on the move because they stripped the land around them.
- nickserv 2mo agoNomads typically live in areas very poor in resources (like Touaregs in deserts) or with high seasonal variation (like Sioux in plains). There is nothing inherently destructive with the lifestyle, and in fact many other animals are nomadic or have seasonal migrations.
- vkou 2mo agoNomads also live in those areas because agrarians pushes them out of more productive land. Prior to the development of agriculture, there wasn't such a distinction.
- inigyou 2mo agoThat's sustainable if the average area per tribe that exists is much greater than the tribe actually needs in total.
- M95D 2mo agoThat was sustainable as long as they killed each other at the same rate as they reproduced, so they didn't fill all the available area. Civilized societies and medicine destroyed any chance of sustainability until contraception was invented. Now, only the pension funds propaganda keeps us from reaching a sustainable population again.
- ocodo 2mo agoHanna mention there were 8x less of us 120 years ago? (also that population replacement is failing, so it's not all bad.)