«Declining birthrates are the biggest threat to humanity» - Elon Musk on his way to impregnate yet another mentally unstable woman
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@kaia 15 years ago "overpopulation" was presented as a potential catastrophe along with climate change. we could benefit from declining birthrates if not for the welfare system etc. expecting endless growth; because it would mean less competition over resources, especially land, and would reduce pollution.
@genmaicha @kaia to be fair ppl like musk probably believe we should infinitely expand into space colonization
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@meso @kaia @genmaicha population growth and specialization have solved all our solved problems to date. the problem is the earth is being stressed for resources at current growth. there is no conflict between those two positions. you are not wrong but it is also not any different than our current trajectory. a lot of problems are solved with more space and more energy. I think some people don't want improvements if they don't come from socialism, see opposition to nuclear energy.