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strvgglecity t1_j7q376c wrote

Reply to comment by MrGate in What's your estimation for the minimum size of global population required for preserving modern civilization with advanced technology and medicine, and even progressing further? by Evgeneey

Those people would have to be farmers to survive if there were no farmers. Or they'd have to be miners if there were no miners. Or clothing makers. Or waste disposal.

The only reason anyone can pursue technology is because all other needs are already provided for.

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MrGate t1_j7q6vrb wrote

obv some would need to be farmers etc. but for example, with the tech and advancments we made, you dont nearly need as many people running farms as you use to.

and over time a lot of things like this could be automated by machines even more

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[deleted] t1_j7rw718 wrote

We farm, and I work in Tech with a good Internet connection. AI can't go out and repair lines though. It's no where close. The real shitter is we're building battle bots before we're building infrastructure bots.

This will put the minimum tipping point population much higher. Also, there have been doomsayers since forever making the same claims and every time there's a new new discovery that makes that problem vanish.

Right now I see the rich trying to shift the food supply and the power and money that comes with away from the cattlemen into their own favor.

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To which I I say, I will first eat the people that demand I eat the bugs.

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