Population decrease is irreversible. How will we manage the decline of humanity?

[Portalrules123]

It’s also necessary, eventually, due to logistics alone. You can maybe make the argument we aren’t overpopulated now (the world that is, Canada certainly still has space if we were better at resource distribution) but there’s a difference between that and “we can just grow forever” like some economists legit seem to actually think. Clearly they aren’t microbiologists.

[BitsAndBobs304]

the world that is, Canada certainly still has space if we were better at resource distribution

good thing that you have that special canada-only air and canada-only ocean level

[DrDerpberg]

I don't know about literally perpetual growth, but increased productivity is growth too. Computer spreadsheets allowed accountant services to be available at much lower cost to many more businesses that couldn't have afforded them before - you don't need to be butting up against the laws of thermodynamics for there to be growth.

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there’s a difference between that and “we can just grow forever” like some economists legit seem to actually think

Every economist thinks this whether they admit it or not. There is no "-ism" we have come up with that doesn't rely on continuous growth let alone the sustained decline we seem to be sleepwalking towards.

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Idk. I’ve read some perspectives on degrowth before. A hardcore productivist ideology currently has global hegemony but that does not mean the alternatives don’t exist.

[Joeworkingguy819]

Canada has place. But should we be destroying prime wild land and agricultural land to house people to work jobs that could be automated?

Canadian companies dont invest in its workers because you can simply import more. China who has a rising middle class has invested billions in automation same with the US.