human advancement is a function of population, instead of focusing on population decline to solve our resource problems we should focus on efficiency and technology. i am not rooting to revert to the dark ages i really struggle with this ideology of reduction that seems extremely popular. we really take for granted the fragility of human existence we exist in a pico second of reality and could and most likely will be snuffed out eventually, having our own species rooting for this outcome seems suicidal.
Cheers and well said :-)
I'm a professional cynic and I spread the idea of "population decline to solve our resource problems" every time I have a chance; I even write dystopic science fiction with this theme. I do it not because I think it's the solution (yours is), but to jolt people in a reaction like yours. Let's build a bright future; just in our solar system there's easily enough matter and space for a trillion humans, each enjoying many acres of forest[^1].
[^2]: https://claude.ai/share/bbab0507-109d-4b4b-b5bb-2a44afad901a
> suicidal
Would the logical opposite be eternity for all, and bring back the deceased? LLM plays the Joker, happily imprisoned?
oh no, I am long past any delusions that any problems will ever be solved, I just want it all to end
So homicidal then.
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