News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Report: Young adults more likely to live with parents than spouses. Parent comment

Re:Report: Young adults more likely to live with parents tha... by dooglius on Thursday October 03, 2019 @03:44PM (#21151257)
The current population increases by about 140 people per minute. How do you intend to launch people off the earth at that kind of rate?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Report: Young adults more likely to live with parents tha... by jdc on Thursday October 03, 2019 @04:49PM (#21152039)
Because we live in three-dimensional space, there's no reason for us to run out of room unless we stop building (especially upwards).

The constraint isn't necessarily that people have to leave the planet so much as we need to ensure access to minerals and high industrial capacity.

When we exhaust "nearby" minerals and space transit has advanced enough, colonization will look more attractive.

Will we hit a bottleneck along the way? I don't know. But it would be an awful shame if it were political.

[ Parent | on HN ]