>The nature will find a proper equilibrium, shake off the metastatic human expansion, heal Earth's surface wounds, digest the plastic.
Nature is not much consolation without humans. If you value it, it's because you're human and have value judgements, not because the cold indiferrent universe puts any value to it. The universe is gonna pull the lights out for the sun, and the planet before that anyway.
In fact, "better without humanity" is the ultimate human sentiment. No animal would be so absurd!
For me particularly, there is no specific reason to exist, and I am quite happy about this. I am not special to leave any lasting impact, as Elon would do.
I was born without being asked, as any animal or plant, because of the selfish genes, driving my parents to breed. There is no other higher purpose in life, rather than the chemical/biological survival instinct.
The brain has an "activity center", part of nature, which forces me to wake up in the morning, get some food and do computer work.
I enjoy my life very much, I live at the Ocean, trying to keep stress down and to retire early (FIRE), live until I die of natural causes.
I have wondered, could this be part or answer to Fermi Paradox? That is advanced civilizations naturally die-off as they don't see anymore need to reproduce over replacement rate as automation will provide them sufficient pension?
Or biological life is just an intermediate step in evolution. The final form is self improving and self replicating silicon AI. We are just the step to achieving that.
If Elon Musk genuinely cares about this (and I don't believe he does), he would argue for a more equal society where people can afford to start having kids at a younger age.
I believe you're right, but I also stand by my comment. Having kids is unaffordable in much of the US until income is pretty high. People need to have the safety net first, and then we can work on the social issues.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 30.6 ms ] threadPopulation collapse is not necessary bad.
The nature will find a proper equilibrium, shake off the metastatic human expansion, heal Earth's surface wounds, digest the plastic.
Nature is not much consolation without humans. If you value it, it's because you're human and have value judgements, not because the cold indiferrent universe puts any value to it. The universe is gonna pull the lights out for the sun, and the planet before that anyway.
In fact, "better without humanity" is the ultimate human sentiment. No animal would be so absurd!
How do you get up in the day and do anything? What motivates you? It seems you think humanity would be better off not existing. Why do you exist?
I'd like to understand your state of mind.
I was born without being asked, as any animal or plant, because of the selfish genes, driving my parents to breed. There is no other higher purpose in life, rather than the chemical/biological survival instinct.
The brain has an "activity center", part of nature, which forces me to wake up in the morning, get some food and do computer work.
I enjoy my life very much, I live at the Ocean, trying to keep stress down and to retire early (FIRE), live until I die of natural causes.
Humans should be striving to reach a population level which is sustainable for all of the years of the future.
If that means reducing population levels from the current unsustainable figure, so be it.
If humans don't do it voluntarily, Old Ma Nature will do it for us. No ifs, buts, or maybes.