realEggs t1_ja5vw2k wrote on February 27, 2023 at 1:52 AM

Cancer is a better metaphor. We spread and consume resources until the environment is demolished and unable to continue supporting life.

cakefaice1 t1_ja6ij5d wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:06 AM

you're probably glad COVID happened then.

eruborus t1_ja63gzd wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:53 AM

Cancer is unregulated growth. Life is growth in balance. There are clearly efforts we have to curb overpopulation and climate change. The efforts have debatable efficacy but things in the West have significantly improved in the past 100 years.

CyanideandAsdfmovie t1_ja6jcyn wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:14 AM

Climate change won’t stoP

And then we a die

eruborus t1_ja6l301 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:32 AM

This may be true but I would bet that the planet life adapts to change as it has with every extinction event.

Having said that we are probably only 1-200 years from a self sustaining off-world colony. 1000 years from interstellar travel. These timescales are miniscule to the planet. Exciting stuff!

CyanideandAsdfmovie t1_jab7ikl wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:11 AM

Ehhhh

Mars can’t grow food.

They figured that out.

We’re f’ed

Also, climate change will fuck up the coasts in at most 50 years

eruborus t1_jacq6h8 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Just because we haven't solved a problem yet doesn't mean it can't be solved!

Earth never guaranteed safety. At one point we could get hit by a meteor or the volcanoes could create another extinction event. Or we could cause some serious climate change. But if the past billion years tells you anything is that life finds a way to survive against monumental odds. Humans will prosper!