| LegitHyperbole said: Oh God, why did this thread have to be dug up. Nothing good will come of this. Everyone is so pessimistic. I agree we are in bad times but bad times don't last. There'll be good times again people. With every winter there is a spring. |
Problem is we're using up far more resources every year than the Earth/nature can replenish.
We are consuming the future
If Earth’s history is compared to a calendar year, modern human life has existed for 37 minutes and we have used one third of Earth’s natural resources in the last 0.2 seconds.
https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/planet-earth/state-of-the-planet/overuse-of-resources-on-earth
Population is still growing and naturally everyone wants to have the same luxury lifestyle as we're used to in the West.
So even averting nuclear war or destructive AI, we're simply consuming the Earth until there's nothing left. And scarcity leads to wars, oppression, more inequality. Rising sea levels reduces live-able land mass. Rising temperatures cause more desertification, less land for agriculture.
People are grim because the Earth can not sustain 8.2 Billion people with their desired lifestyle.
