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383 points imartin2k | 2 comments | 13 May 17 10:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jstanley[dead post] ◴[13 May 17 12:21 UTC] No.14330589[source]▶
Only for the short term. Once enough people have died, prices will reach a new equilibrium.

And you can't keep everybody alive. Population will grow exponentially until something bounds it. The ultimate bound is the amount of resources we can extract per person.

There's going to have to be competition for resources, and those who lose out will die. We may as well get used to that now.

arkitaip ◴[13 May 17 12:32 UTC] No.14330634[source]▶
"Once enough people have died, prices will reach a new equilibrium."

What a nasty way of looking at people and the world.

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jstanley ◴[13 May 17 12:34 UTC] No.14330650[source]▶
It'll happen whether you like it or not.

Acknowledging it doesn't make a person "nasty".

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arkitaip ◴[13 May 17 12:51 UTC] No.14330699[source]▶
I was referring to your opinion and not your person but I have to say that to a complete stranger, you don't come of as that likable when you casually suggest genocide on a global scale as a means to solve the planet's resource crisis. Frankly, I'm tired of constantly reading this line of selfish thinking on HN.
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jstanley ◴[13 May 17 13:00 UTC] No.14330724[source]▶
Fair points, but note I'm not suggesting genocide. I'm just suggesting there's nothing at all you can do to stop people from dying when there aren't enough resources to support the population. It's an inevitability, and denying that helps nobody.
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1. chasote ◴[13 May 17 15:06 UTC] No.14331321[source]▶
Why are you assuming there aren't enough resources?
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2. narrowrail ◴[13 May 17 15:08 UTC] No.14331335[source]▶
Do you believe there is a link between resource consumption and climate change? I do.