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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Opinion time:

Human population will grow to consume all there is, always.

We as a species will ever escape scarcity.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    We have already escaped scarcity. In fact, we have escaped scarcity to such a degree that the parasitic elites have to artificially enforce scarcity onto us in order to maintain their positions as parasitic elites.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Isn't this how all species work? Carrying capacity and whatnot

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    No, but maybe as a first approximation in very small slices of time. It is far more complex than that. Just look at the olive tree. Olive trees detect new olive trees and release poison to kill them off, at the same time they have multi thousand year lifespans. Individuals in that species have "decided" that the only way it can live a long ass time is to have no competition and is willing to kill their own to get it. You can't apply the carrying capacity model to olive trees.

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