Professor Frank Fenner, a leading scientist, is grimly predicting that humanity will become extinct within a century due to overpopulation and resulting environmental damage.
Some cheerful news to brighten your day.
When it comes to climate change, I’m reminded of Easter Island. Jared Diamond has theorized that the people there destroyed their life-sustaining ecosystem because the elites on the island–the chief and his family–had short-term interests that conflicted with their society’s long-term interests. Of course, the short-term interests took priority. The elites were also in a better position to insulate themselves from the effects. In the end, everybody ended up suffering.
Check out the article talking about his prediction, with additional views by Jared Diamond, Al Bartlett and Paul Ehrlich, here.
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