What type of futurist are you?

[NeptuneUK]

Vote: 'Other'

Desciption:

Weed.

 

[Cheomesh]

Vote: 'Other'

Desciption:

Weed.

Dude, shut up. Why do you have to say that in every thread? This doesn't even make sense here!




I wonder if we'll ever adapt a "post scarcity" society?

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Dude, shut up. Why do you have to say that in every thread? This doesn't even make sense here!




I wonder if we'll ever adapt a "post scarcity" society?

With nano-tech maybe.

 

[Skaadi]

I watch too much tv, so I'm torn between some beautiful paradise with politcal assholes like in Serenity, or something akin to The Fifth Element.

...I really need my own vision of the future

 

[Musk]

I can imagine myself being really old and still playing video games and complaining how my computer just doesn't run things the way I want it to. Lol that makes me laugh just thinking about it.

 

[Druckles]

Heh, still waiting for DDR5...

 

[Cheomesh]

I considered bringing this up in a different thread but I figured here would be fine too.

I'm reading a book called "Plan B 3.0", which so far talks about what we're currently doing to the world and how our consumption rate is expected to be in 20 years or so.

Brings up the issue of population increase. Despite global population trends showing depopulation becoming a reality in the next 50 years, I was wondering what the community thought of taking more drastic measures.

Even if tomorrow, US, Europe, and Asia unanimously pass a law saying one child per family (hypothetical, piss off), our population will continue to rise due to population inertia.

Thusly, I'd like to ask: Should be begin to cull the human race?

I figure, if we have to do this, we would probably do best to get rid of people with genetic disease, unskilled laborers, the insane, etc. In effect, "streamline" society.

Not that I actively support this, but it has been talked about and wanted to know if anyone here had the nuts to support the "unthinkable".

 

[Druckles]

Depressed people would be pretty easy to get rid of.

Mass suicide.

 

[Operational]

Thusly, I'd like to ask: Should be begin to cull the human race?

Asia and Africa will contribute most to the growth over the next 50 years. Asia has and will still have a huge population density compared to the rest of the world.

Not that we should start culling, the sheer numbers that would have to be culled to make any kind of difference to the worlds population is crazy.

The rest of the world, I would think, would be fine. Okay the growth is still sizeable but I don't think it's unmanageable.

 

[Eejit]

Population growth, sustainability and food supply, Oh my!

The current population growth rate is ~1.4% p.a.
The current increase in food supply is ~ 0.5% p.a.



It's science. [/ron burgundy]