http://www.businessinsider.com/we-cant-keep-growing-like-this-2012-2
This article, although debatable, suggests that our world population cannot sustain itself in the future, in that that we cannot sustain ourself if our population continues to grow or if our economies continue to expand. The author of this article, Henry Blodget, further suggests that we are content with the fact that we will survive in the short run using up our finite natural resources, and that our brainpower and innovation will find a way to tide us over and support ourselves. It is controversial to say this, but as selfish humans, maybe we don't seem to care about the future of humans enough to change anything about how we live today as we are all fueled by our own selfish intentions and have finite lives. I don't necessarily agree or disagree with this article, but it is something to think about.
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I agree with your last sentence. Humanity can't keep up this growth forever. In many countries, birth rate has declined, especially in the West. Is this a biological reaction to too many people in too small a space? Is humanity attempting to self-correct itself and is it possible to do that at 7 billion? Either way, I don't think the economy will be able to keep up indefinitely.
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