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minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 days agoOh no, not our out of control population growth fueled by resources running out as I type this comment and causing unspeakable damage to the biosphere of the planet. Whatever will we do if our numbers fall below 7 billion.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI don’t disagree, but the systems necessary to make this happen non-destructively just do not exist. BTW, you may like the limits to growth study. https://archive.org/details/TheLimitsToGrowth Although it is kind of a downer. In the 70s, they predicted the downfall of society. We’re on track with the prediction, more or less.
Oh no, not our out of control population growth fueled by resources running out as I type this comment and causing unspeakable damage to the biosphere of the planet.
Whatever will we do if our numbers fall below 7 billion.
I don’t disagree, but the systems necessary to make this happen non-destructively just do not exist.
BTW, you may like the limits to growth study. https://archive.org/details/TheLimitsToGrowth
Although it is kind of a downer. In the 70s, they predicted the downfall of society. We’re on track with the prediction, more or less.