Shoving this here, because --- why not?? The science crowd needs to hear this.
The evidence is clear: human ingenuity, when coupled with economic freedom and technological advancement, has consistently overcome environmental constraints while improving living standards. Our challenge isn’t to limit growth or population but to foster conditions that allow human creativity and enterprise to flourish.
The madmen and economists, however, have economic history on their side—along with a litany of failed predictions of eco-catastrophe and a better understanding of what economic growth actually entails.
I'm hearing less and less Greta Thunberg-style nonsense (#944137), and ESG (being a low-interest rate phenomenon) is dead, and wokeness is disappearing. So perhaps asinine environmentalism can go the same way?
This seeming paradox is explained by human ingenuity: each new person brings not just another mouth to feed but another mind to solve problems. Thus, attempts to limit population growth to save the planet are self-defeating—they reduce humanity’s capacity to innovate and develop solutions to environmental challenges.