yes, the malthusian cult simply will not die. it feels like some sort of vindication of campbells ideas of universal myths to serve unconscious needs.
it's just the eden story, over and over. once there was a garden and then man went and wrecked it and now we're screwed and must find some way back in.
yes, the malthusian cult simply will not die. it feels like some sort of vindication of campbells ideas of universal myths to serve unconscious needs.
it's just the eden story, over and over. once there was a garden and then man went and wrecked it and now we're screwed and must find some way back in.
they never contemplate how AWFUL a world with 99% fewer humans would be. science would stop and recede. so would services, amenities, culture, art, food, and 3,000 other things. who would develop new drugs and surgeries?
they imagine the world of today but with no crowds, but that is NOT what would happen. the technological and societal collapse would be savage.
life would become, once more, nasty, brutish, and short.
Impossible. It would go exactly as modeled/theorized, and if it doesn't, that just means the stupid peasants wanting their freedumbs didn't comply hard enough.
I have taken the time to read WEF reports. They think electricity comes from a light switch and water comes from the tap. They do not understand what they are doing.
Yep. The fantasy of a high-tech robot society with no people is just that. A large population is necessary to maintain the specialization if labor that enables a technological society to be maintained.
We could probably lose some fraction of the population without catastrophic technological regress; e.g. the Black Death wiped out 1/3 of Europe and it didn't go back to the Bronze Age. But there are real limits and the Georgia Guidestones prescription of 500 million is under that limit.
That's just it. The West has had this minor miracle for so many consecutive generations of relatively limited government, that they don't see it as a miracle anymore. They (we) take it for granted.
We saw this at the time of the founding, as well. The OG founders held pretty well to the Constitution, but once they were dead, the new guys REALLY started trying to work their way around it.
Ah the return to the great days of 1890 where hauling water was a daily chore. And we had to worry about our little garden growing well. Hours devoted to daily life kept us from inventing an iPhone. The ability to create and corral energy caused climate to be forever ruined by we nasty humans. And the answer is 1890?
yes, the malthusian cult simply will not die. it feels like some sort of vindication of campbells ideas of universal myths to serve unconscious needs.
it's just the eden story, over and over. once there was a garden and then man went and wrecked it and now we're screwed and must find some way back in.
they never contemplate how AWFUL a world with 99% fewer humans would be. science would stop and recede. so would services, amenities, culture, art, food, and 3,000 other things. who would develop new drugs and surgeries?
they imagine the world of today but with no crowds, but that is NOT what would happen. the technological and societal collapse would be savage.
life would become, once more, nasty, brutish, and short.
Impossible. It would go exactly as modeled/theorized, and if it doesn't, that just means the stupid peasants wanting their freedumbs didn't comply hard enough.
I have taken the time to read WEF reports. They think electricity comes from a light switch and water comes from the tap. They do not understand what they are doing.
Yep. The fantasy of a high-tech robot society with no people is just that. A large population is necessary to maintain the specialization if labor that enables a technological society to be maintained.
We could probably lose some fraction of the population without catastrophic technological regress; e.g. the Black Death wiped out 1/3 of Europe and it didn't go back to the Bronze Age. But there are real limits and the Georgia Guidestones prescription of 500 million is under that limit.
Don't worry John, those things are gone now...🤓
The natural state of humanity is destitute and starving. Anything more is a blessing supplied by a lifestyle they're determined to wreck.
That's just it. The West has had this minor miracle for so many consecutive generations of relatively limited government, that they don't see it as a miracle anymore. They (we) take it for granted.
We saw this at the time of the founding, as well. The OG founders held pretty well to the Constitution, but once they were dead, the new guys REALLY started trying to work their way around it.
Ah the return to the great days of 1890 where hauling water was a daily chore. And we had to worry about our little garden growing well. Hours devoted to daily life kept us from inventing an iPhone. The ability to create and corral energy caused climate to be forever ruined by we nasty humans. And the answer is 1890?
Who will clean their bathrooms? Mow their lawn? Cook their food? Grow their food?
I guess that's where the robots come in.
Aah but who will design, build, repair and maintain these robots?
I do wonder how many engineers are in all these build back better groups.