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Author Topic: The stinker of "over-population"  (Read 1380 times)

MaxTheFox

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Re: The stinker of "over-population"
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2021, 12:29:32 am »

About having enough resources and the means to distribute them, maybe we do now, but we might not in the future (climate change and continued population growth).
Yeah this is why I said that ideally population growth slows down enough for that to not be an issue.

On the "birth limitations versus murder/genocide" vector, "murder" is intended to cover all the soft versions, like stealing other's food/fuel, worked-until-dead labor camps, etc.
Still irredeemably evil and if I was Toady I'd ban anyone advocating that. Remember, supporting genocide is against the rules and people were banned for that. ;)

And, what about this question, in the context of the thread so far?
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If an AI was allowed to create its own systems of measurements, without political interference, would it be more destructive to humans than humans have previously been to humans (destruction expressed as a ratio to current population)?
I don't believe AI is required for an answer to this since I made up my mind.
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Re: The stinker of "over-population"
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2021, 04:49:56 am »

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Re: The stinker of "over-population"
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2021, 08:17:13 am »

Can't we just convert the entire world to a religion that emphasises self-sacrifice to please the gods
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