Lumifer comments on Blind Spot: Malthusian Crunch - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 23 October 2013 12:33:48AM 1 point [-]

It could lead to absence of human civilization as we know it.

I think I can pretty safely guarantee that in a thousand years there will be no human civilization as we know it. There will be something different, I have no idea what.

And there is a huge difference between "reduced to poverty and stagnation" and "there are no humans any more".

Comment author: passive_fist 23 October 2013 03:26:56AM 1 point [-]

I think I can pretty safely guarantee that in a thousand years there will be no human civilization as we know it.

Agreed; the question is: will it be better or worse. I can't imagine a future where resources are scarce as being anything but bad.