Okay, so a forest is a living thing in itself. It's a super organism. It grows organically, slowly expanding outwards. In the depths of the forest, trees fall occasionally, creating an opportunity for new trees to complete for the sunlight. They don't just compete by growing, the forest also gives them nutrients through the mycelial network and chokes out threats. Natural systems form around these cycles

That's great. I love forests

What you're describing, is chopping down all the trees and replanting them. But that's a farm, not a forest. It leads to weak trees with shallow roots, it leads to a weak forest prone to landslides where a natural forest would have held firm. It doesn't have the ecosystem that would have naturally grown along with it, and would have enriched the soil and made the whole thing even more stable.

It produces a lot more wood, but it's all weak and overextended

I think that's a great example of what I'm referring to.

If anyone has access to these tools, everyone must use them, or someone else taking that shortcut will outgrow them and put them out of business. It's a race to the bottom, everyone must extend themselves to their limits to compete, and so the whole system is always one bad storm away from disaster.

I'm saying that's bad. It's unstable and produces worse results by any metric but growth

That's not how forests work. At all. I don't even know where to start on this

If you want a real response, ask me tomorrow. I can speak on this matter for days, but I'm done essay posting for tonight