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Full Idea
In the year 1500 there were about 500 million Homo sapiens in the world. Today there are 7 billion. …Human population has increased fourteenfold, our production 240-fold, and energy consumption 115-fold.
Gist of Idea
Since 1500 human population has increased fourteenfold, and consumption far more
Source
Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens: brief history of humankind [2014], 14 'Discovery')
Book Ref
Harari,Yuval Noah: 'Sapiens: a brief history of Humankind' [Vintage 2014], p.275
A Reaction
We really need to grasp how extraordinary this is.
4675 | The sanctity of life doctrine implies a serious increase of abnormality among the population [Glover] |
3783 | How can utilitarianism decide the ideal population size? [Glover] |
18625 | To maximise utility should we double the population, even if life somewhat deteriorates? [Kymlicka] |
20677 | Since 1500 human population has increased fourteenfold, and consumption far more [Harari] |
20688 | People 300m tons; domesticated animals 700m tons; larger wild animals 100m tons [Harari] |