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Alexander Kurz's avatar

"And yet our entire human civilization has consistently become more capable over time."

One reason why it is not clear whether this trend will continue is that human civilization has also consistently externalised costs to the natural ecological systems on which our live depends. Looks like we reached the point where this strategy of growth by externalization started to endanger the survival of our civilization.

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David Wright's avatar

Right.. the topic is underrated

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