Things will change. Societies and cultures will change. The environment will change. We will adapt.
There will be challenges. There have always been challenges. We will overcome them.
There are enormous reasons for optimism. We are on the cusp of spreading out into the solar system. Everyday people have access to all of the knowledge in every library on the planet. We have the opportunity to become what our ancestors could only have dreamed of.
Don’t let headlines or fatalism or tunnel vision distract from the big picture. We as a species are going to make it.
Without serious degrowth in the economy, something the type of economy we have won’t allow, or mass genocide the human race will be beyond lucky to see the 2200s. Genocide being wrong, we only have one viable option and we will have to force it on those in power, if we are to stand any chance.
The spirit of capitalism is not going to return us, draped in the splendor of new technology, to spirit us away to a new, perfect home amongst the heavens where we will be absolved of our past planetary transgressions and all live in perpetual growth forever.
We’ve heard that story before and, this time, need a better solution.
We’ve got nearly unlimited raw materials and energy available in the solar system. Now we have the technology to utilize them. That’s exactly what we’ll do.
No, the endless scientific reports that show a clear trend in data that you have already chosen to ignore in order to arrive at the conclusion you decided you would reach long before you reviewed any data.
Again, no, our saviour isn’t going to come from the heavens. A can-do attitude isn’t going to fix the problems we have. The answer isn’t to capitalism harder.
It costs billions just to bring a few rocks back from the moon. What on earth has convinced you we can bring back enough to sustain an entire planet?
Why bring rocks back when there’s plenty of ore underfoot?
Also did your “countless studies” that you totally read and didn’t just skim the headlines of not mention the natural trend of declining birth rates as education levels increase? Kind of seems like an oversight for someone who thinks there’s too many humans.
The planet won’t be able to sustain life before then, if we haven’t changed nearly everything about society. Deal with it.
Edit: again, no, we won’t be transported to a new, perfect home amongst the heavens, washing away our past planetary sins. Youre getting confused with something else.
Here’s an unpopular opinion: we’re gonna make it.
Things will change. Societies and cultures will change. The environment will change. We will adapt.
There will be challenges. There have always been challenges. We will overcome them.
There are enormous reasons for optimism. We are on the cusp of spreading out into the solar system. Everyday people have access to all of the knowledge in every library on the planet. We have the opportunity to become what our ancestors could only have dreamed of.
Don’t let headlines or fatalism or tunnel vision distract from the big picture. We as a species are going to make it.
EDIT: I’ll just leave this here. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aap8731
Without serious degrowth in the economy, something the type of economy we have won’t allow, or mass genocide the human race will be beyond lucky to see the 2200s. Genocide being wrong, we only have one viable option and we will have to force it on those in power, if we are to stand any chance.
The spirit of capitalism is not going to return us, draped in the splendor of new technology, to spirit us away to a new, perfect home amongst the heavens where we will be absolved of our past planetary transgressions and all live in perpetual growth forever.
We’ve heard that story before and, this time, need a better solution.
Based on … What? A general sense of malaise?
Malthus was full of shit.
We’ve got nearly unlimited raw materials and energy available in the solar system. Now we have the technology to utilize them. That’s exactly what we’ll do.
No, the endless scientific reports that show a clear trend in data that you have already chosen to ignore in order to arrive at the conclusion you decided you would reach long before you reviewed any data.
Again, no, our saviour isn’t going to come from the heavens. A can-do attitude isn’t going to fix the problems we have. The answer isn’t to capitalism harder.
It costs billions just to bring a few rocks back from the moon. What on earth has convinced you we can bring back enough to sustain an entire planet?
Why bring rocks back when there’s plenty of ore underfoot?
Also did your “countless studies” that you totally read and didn’t just skim the headlines of not mention the natural trend of declining birth rates as education levels increase? Kind of seems like an oversight for someone who thinks there’s too many humans.
We’ll colonize the inhabitable world in Alpha centauri at around 2205 and the one in Sirius two years later. Deal with it.
Edit: Normies haven’t played Stellaris…awful times.
The planet won’t be able to sustain life before then, if we haven’t changed nearly everything about society. Deal with it.
Edit: again, no, we won’t be transported to a new, perfect home amongst the heavens, washing away our past planetary sins. Youre getting confused with something else.
Don’t be a sucker
Can’t even sort Syria out and you’re thinking about Sirius 😂