WEF Declares 'We Just Don’t Need The Vast Majority of You' [07:36]

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-Sure we have impressive neuroplasticity, but it has limits. Following that line of reasoning without restriction leads to the insane and reckless worldview of the 'progressives' we rightly deride, wherein any maladaptive behaviour is fair game. -All your tragedy of the commons stuff is a massive cop-out. Do you really expect property rights (especially for non-elites) and even property ownership in general to increase with larger populations? At some point you have to recognize that hypothetical ideals typically lose out to messy realities. And even if some enlightened mode of civilization was the solution, it would be reckless to support unchecked population growth when you have still no idea when/if it that state can be achieved. -We need a lot of phosphorus to produce fertilizer. Some alternate method of mining or reclamation will not keep up with demand due to the dispersal involved—that's just the physics of it. Not saying this will be a problem soon, but it would be prudent to give ourselves the most amount of time to technologically advance and to not have a huge population when it does become a problem. Futhermore there is no compound that can substitute (it's an essential element), and your response belies a very poor understanding of the basic dependencies of life.
-Human activities have caused an atypical frequency of species extinction, is the point -Dysgenics are documented. We certainly have had eugenic practices before (death penalty, sterilizations, arranged marriage etc.), and insinuating that gross retardation is the only form of maladaption is entirely disingenuous. Using the brain I was born with tells me that many people are able to proliferate today who wouldn't have survived before modern medicine and welfare.
-Your other comment is garbage too and I've addressed it.

I think there is a distinct proliferation of lolbertarian idealism on this site and that is incredibly depressing.

Your half-knowledge is woeful to behold. If you're such a proponent of autodidactism, then do some more of it and develop a more realistic understanding of our world.

-Sure we have impressive neuroplasticity, but it has limits. Following that line of reasoning without restriction leads to the insane and reckless worldview of the 'progressives' we rightly deride, wherein any maladaptive behaviour is fair game. -All your tragedy of the commons stuff is a massive cop-out. Do you really expect property rights (especially for non-elites) and even property ownership in general to *increase* with larger populations? At some point you have to recognize that hypothetical ideals typically lose out to messy realities. And even if some enlightened mode of civilization was the solution, it would be reckless to support unchecked population growth when you have still no idea when/if it that state can be achieved. -We need a lot of phosphorus to produce fertilizer. Some alternate method of mining or reclamation will not keep up with demand due to the dispersal involved—that's just the physics of it. Not saying this will be a problem soon, but it would be prudent to give ourselves the most amount of time to technologically advance and to not have a huge population when it does become a problem. Futhermore there is no compound that can substitute (it's an essential element), and your response belies a very poor understanding of the basic dependencies of life. -Human activities have caused an atypical frequency of species extinction, is the point -Dysgenics are documented. We certainly have had eugenic practices before (death penalty, sterilizations, arranged marriage etc.), and insinuating that gross retardation is the only form of maladaption is entirely disingenuous. Using the brain I was born with tells me that many people are able to proliferate today who wouldn't have survived before modern medicine and welfare. -Your other comment is garbage too and I've addressed it. I think there is a distinct proliferation of lolbertarian idealism on this site and that is incredibly depressing. Your half-knowledge is woeful to behold. If you're such a proponent of autodidactism, then do some more of it and develop a more realistic understanding of our world.

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