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Originally Posted by VeeDDzz`
Given human history? are you serious....7 billion people...in an evolutionary sense (as compared to all other species on earth) the human history is filled with nothing but successful growth.
This isn't really a convincing argument. Dinosaurs ceased to exist after a history filled with nothing but successful growth.
We've almost died out in the past. Several big old bottlenecks from what I understand.
I agree that those who preach doom and gloom are silly. We've have a history filled with them being incorrect. I imagine that when someone invented the hammer, someone thought it would lead to the end of the world.
On the other hand, thinking that the recent string of success will continue inevitably is equally silly.
Knowing that successful species can die off is healthy. Obsessing on it isn't.
Worrying that technology will lead to our downfall is just a strangely misguided John Henry story.