We’ve seen it before. Ridiculous, far-fetched nonsense spilling out on Scripting.com for the purpose of eliciting a reaction. It’s a simple formula. All you have to do is say the first crazy-ass thing that comes to your mind with nary a thought as to the reality of it.
Today’s “brilliant” idea is, guess what! Overpopulation caused the economic decline because we subconsciously know that the world has too many people on it:
Why should we fight to get our economy growing again? Isn’t growth the whole problem? Shouldn’t we see the economic downturn as not only inevitable, but as our last hope for salvation? These are fair questions imho.
The inescapable truth that no one wants to speak out loud is that we have too many people, and we’re adding more people at too fast a clip. The planet can’t sustain what we have now without destroying the climate, yet we haven’t done anything to limit growth.
Ignoring the bizarre link between the economy and Al Gore’s hyperbole, I still don’t get it. Even if we assume as fact that we are irreparably destroying our environment — neither the “irreparably” nor the “destroying” part are agreed-upon fact — there’s been no credible source saying that we can’t grow in an environmentally friendly way.
But, Dave, I support you in your endeavor to lower the world’s population. Since population growth is nothing more a greater birth rate than mortality rate, and we can’t stop people (at least in the U.S.) from having more kids, the only factor left at our disposal is impacting the death rate.
Mahatma Gandhi is quoting as having said “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Dave: be the change you want to see in the world: kill yourself. Thanks.
Tags: Economy, Global Warming
“The planet can’t sustain what we have now without destroying the climate, yet we haven’t done anything to limit growth.”
This lament about wasted resources is hilarious coming from Winer.
He wrote a screensaver that sucked down 450GB a month of bandwidth intended for always-on high definition TVs. All of his code runs on a platform that requires always-on web servers, even when they’re on client computers. He buys an endless procession of tech gadgets — reaching a point where he has to solicit advice from readers on what new to crave, since he’s already bought everything he can think of.
This post goes too far.
Aww, does it offend your sensibilities?
Give me a break. I think this is the only reasonable reaction to the cacophony of people screeching that there are too many people on the planet. If you’re serious about it, get serious about the solution.
Maybe, but the argument there are “too many people” always seems to mean sacrifices for others, never the person making the argument.
I know there weren’t too many people the day before I was born. How about you?