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Originally Posted by Tervuren
If you start to do some research on what sort of population we could sustain with hydroponic farming and nuclear energy you'll find over population is not much to fear.
Our ability to build tall structures would allow trillions to live in about 1% of the earth's landmass.
When you start doing basic math fear of the future vaporizes.
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One of my favorite GRR Martin stories is from back when he wrote sci-fi, and one had a society that had 68 Billion people living on a planet. They got that way because all thru their history doomsayers had said they couldn't support more people and they always managed. Of course, the story caught up with them as the predictions were finally coming true - not because they lacked advancement, but because resource hogs wouldn't give up various inefficient outdated technologies, even if it meant people starving.
That strikes me as the more realistic downfall for humanity - not that we won't be smart enough, but that many in power will simply be too stubborn or corrupt.