News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years (2014). Parent comment

Re:Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years ... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @04:05PM (#16327991)
We have much more people on earth than we had 500 years ago. We probably have much less wildlife than before. However, people now on average live longer, healthier lives than before. As humans, we are much, much better off than we were 500 years ago. Wildlife as a whole is probably worse off than it was 500 years ago. Thus, it is not an impossible scenario to have humans thriving, but wildlife in serious danger.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years ... by collyw on Thursday February 08, 2018 @04:10AM (#16331048)
> As humans, we are much, much better off than we were 500 years ago.

That's very subjective and depends on what you are measuring. Sure we have less conflict, less people in absolute poverty, but we also have more people in slavery than any time in history.

[ Parent | on HN ]