I don’t think that’s right. The world now is much better than the world when it was smaller, and I think that is closely related to population growth. So I think it is actually possible to conclude that more people are better.
I wish too. This is an extraordinary bold claim though. There’s no logical reasoning from “here a few, sparse, mostly theoretical ideas” to “so this is how this immensely complex systems involving billions of humans and organisations with agency we have no idea how to model should behave if we changed some major factor by a few orders of magnitude”.
You can only make the jump with vibes or politics. And fine, since we have no idea, I’d rather make an optimistic jump too! I hope you manage to distill some nuanced faith in the future, sincere thanks for trying!
I don’t think that’s right. The world now is much better than the world when it was smaller, and I think that is closely related to population growth. So I think it is actually possible to conclude that more people are better.
Does the world seem better to young people who are unable to afford housing?
I wish too. This is an extraordinary bold claim though. There’s no logical reasoning from “here a few, sparse, mostly theoretical ideas” to “so this is how this immensely complex systems involving billions of humans and organisations with agency we have no idea how to model should behave if we changed some major factor by a few orders of magnitude”.
You can only make the jump with vibes or politics. And fine, since we have no idea, I’d rather make an optimistic jump too! I hope you manage to distill some nuanced faith in the future, sincere thanks for trying!