536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018)

Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by izzydata on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:42PM (#23566998)

I imagine there will come a time when the earth is just on the cusp of no longer being able to sustain the massive population that it has grown to or human life at all. Since the earths human population will be so high even a 5th of people dying off will be drastically more deaths than any worldwide catastrophe of the past. Maybe within another 1000 years.

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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by harryh on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:47PM (#23567080)

Current projections of Earth's population have a peak population of about 11B (only 40% higher than today) towards the end of the century and then declining. It's always hard to know what's going to happen in the future, but currently it's pretty unlikely that we'll ever see a worldwide population all that much higher than what we already have.

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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by caogecym on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:45AM (#23575589)

Curious - did the projection say what’s the cause of the decline after the peak?

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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by TechBro8615 on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:19PM (#23575933)

I'm just speculating, but probably declining birth rates as economies develop.

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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by taneq on Friday June 19, 2020 @02:36AM (#23571650)

Maybe within 100 years. Hopefully not within 10.

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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by xwdv on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:47PM (#23567062)

Human lives are worth less and less as time goes on and the population increases, so by the time this happens the loss of life might not be anymore troubling than say the amount of people killed in car crashes in a year.

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