Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement
by toasterlovin on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @12:37PM
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The nature of evolution dictates that, even without a collapse in our ability to harvest energy and other resources from the environment, life is destined to get worse for the median human being. There are only so many resources to be consumed, but life reproduces exponentially.
Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement
by golergka on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @04:54PM
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> life reproduces exponentially
Life in general does. Humans, however, seem to be abandoning this trend.
Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement
by toasterlovin on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @11:05PM
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It's temporary. Most humans are poorly adapted to modern life. But not all. The transition back to higher fertility is already underway, it's just hard to notice because the percentage of people who are well adapted to modernity is really small. But there are people who have 4+ kids, despite living in the developed world. Those are the humans of the future.
Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement
by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @10:03AM
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Unnoticeable? Everyone seems to be noticing pretty loudly.
Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement
by merpnderp on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @11:09AM
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What global resource is nearing exhaustion?
Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement
by smacktoward on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @01:32PM
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Attention.
I've read it quite a while ago, but I certainly remember that the first few decades of 21st century, and 2015 in particular, was projected to be the "top" point in terms of overall life quality, and after that point, the humanity would slowly, but inevitably, turn backwards. "Total collapse" by this model wouldn't occur until the last quarter of 21st century, and "our present day" would be just the almost unnoticable beginning of stagnation.