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submitted 1 week ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/science@lemmy.world

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Woke ticks are out to turn the US South into soyboys > > (did I do that right?)

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I reject your nightmare vision of 16 billion humans. 8 is already twice too many.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'd argue that the ideal number of humans would be approaching zero.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Long term, it will. Evolution is still happening, there weren't any humans a million years ago, and there won't be any in another million.

Shorter term, humanity's main resource that allowed us to reach 8 billion in the first place is running out.

Unfortunately we're still headed towards 10 billion by mid century, and I shudder to envision that horror as I may still be alive then.