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consider the implications for a post scarcity future
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Opinion time:
Human population will grow to consume all there is, always.
We as a species will ever escape scarcity.
We have already escaped scarcity. In fact, we have escaped scarcity to such a degree that the parasitic elites have to artificially enforce scarcity onto us in order to maintain their positions as parasitic elites.
We were the gray goo the whole time
Until something gooier comes along.
(really I just saw an opportunity to use "gooier" for the first time and I just couldn't pass it up)
Even if population doesn’t, the constant advancement and use of portable electronics, electric cars, and a warming earth will require more environmental controls for living spaces. These will drive up demand for electricity.
You are right that what you said is an opinion.
Isn't this how all species work? Carrying capacity and whatnot
No, but maybe as a first approximation in very small slices of time. It is far more complex than that. Just look at the olive tree. Olive trees detect new olive trees and release poison to kill them off, at the same time they have multi thousand year lifespans. Individuals in that species have "decided" that the only way it can live a long ass time is to have no competition and is willing to kill their own to get it. You can't apply the carrying capacity model to olive trees.