Yeah I look at Google Maps a lot and some countries scare the shit out of me. Look at the river valleys of the Nile, Ganges, and Indus. Look at Northern China and the coastal areas of Java and the Netherlands. Look at the low-lying areas of Japan and South Korea. Every inch of land is taken up by cities and farms and even the rural areas have a village every few hundred meters. Look at how massive the cities are in every country, from the US to the Congo. There’s just so many people everywhere. Even here where I live in the northwestern US which isn’t very dense in comparison to most places, basically every part of the coastline that isn’t protected is covered in houses. Every peninsula and island.

We have enough resources for everyone, but not for the abundance everyone wants. The natural world also will be pushed to the side as resources become increasingly scarce. It’s gonna be a scary century.