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I think that in the long run, our biggest bottleneck is technological innovation, and not any static resource constraints. The return on new scientific breakthr
by mfn 13y ago
I think that in the long run, our biggest bottleneck is technological innovation, and not any static resource constraints. The return on new scientific breakthroughs is huge, and even if only 1% of the population can come up with and develop such ideas, the return will often be enough to increase the quality of life of the other 99% by orders of magnitude.
- duairc 13y agoI think that's hopelessly techno-utopian.
- InclinedPlane 13y agoGiven that it's a very accurate description for the recent history of mankind from about the mid-19th century until the present I think it's rather tendentious to label it as "hopeless" let alone "utopian".
- genwin 13y agoWe're risking mass die-offs and mass migrations on that tech bet, hundreds of millions of people. Why not lessen the risk by focusing on a low-tech approach to reduce the population via birth control?