Sorry, I'm not editing my question.
It's nice and perhaps healthy that you have low expectations. Many of us are weaned under the assumption of human progress and improvement - then it becomes painful to see that we're not progressing or improving, just breeding and shitting over everything in ever-more efficient ways. The alternative future where our species is capable of self-regulation and acts to protect natural systems seems so real, and so simple - but maybe it's an unattainable dream.
Sorry, I'm not editing my question.
It's nice and perhaps healthy that you have low expectations. Many of us are weaned under the assumption of human progress and improvement - then it becomes painful to see that we're not progressing or improving, just breeding and shitting over everything in ever-more efficient ways. The alternative future where our species is capable of self-regulation and acts to protect natural systems seems so real, and so simple - but maybe it's an unattainable dream.
Well, all you need is a plague. It's how our population was always kept in check
Well, all you need is a plague. It's how our population was always kept in check
I don't see a problem with that. Population can't expand endlessly and we will eventually run out of resources or face extinction in one way or the other. The Earth will keep spinning even without us there