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Post-scarcity doesn't solve the fundamental problem of earth being unable to sustain infinite humans. Even with infinite resources, there will still be finite s
by Kaiyou 6y ago
Post-scarcity doesn't solve the fundamental problem of earth being unable to sustain infinite humans. Even with infinite resources, there will still be finite space.
Historically, human populations that did grow beyond sustainable had to starve to death back to sustainable. If you prevent this by giving everyone free food, that's not really a good thing.
- devit 6y agoYes, but this is solvable by limiting the number of children per person.
- Kaiyou 6y agoThat's how you get stagnation. It's also rather unfair.
- ben_w 6y agoPopulation stagnation is the point, no other form of stagnation can be predicted from population stagnation because it has never happened. It’s also more fair than dying of starvation because your parents gave you too many siblings.
- Kaiyou 6y agoIf there was a fair competition over who gets to live, it can hardly be characterized as unfair. Also, did you already forget that China had a one-child policy? You can look up how that turned out.