Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos

Re:Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos by aneth4 on Monday March 18, 2013 @09:44AM (#5394067)

The explosion of humanity is possible because of the development of technologies, most importantly agriculture.

Population is certainly a measure of success for a species, however it is not a particularly good one in my opinion.

China's population boom occurred during one of its least successful times in history. China's current success comes at a time of minimal population growth. What's more "successful"? A prosperous society with a static population, or a starving one with a rapidly growing population?

Was China of 1970 more successful than Europe of 1450? It had more people...

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Re:Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos by marknadal on Monday March 18, 2013 @10:26AM (#5394338)

That then depends on your definition of success. Which I still would want you to provide.

Plus, I think terms of "success" with respect to a /nation/ is slightly skewed when compared to the "success" of genetics or species. I don't think that is an accurate cross-comparison.

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Re:Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos by aneth4 on Monday March 18, 2013 @11:55AM (#5394935)

I don't really need a definition of success, but I'd say a society that has a high chance of survival, has minimal suffering, and creates beauty.

Given all those things being equal, certainly a higher population would be more successful. However fast population growth is likely to work against most of those goals.

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Re:Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos by aneth4 on Monday March 18, 2013 @10:52PM (#5398618)

I'd also add to the list advanced technology and knowledge of the universe and consciousness.

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