[bsanr2]

Someone who believes this has to necessarily be bearish on the continued march of technological progress, which is in opposition to the fairly well-regarded notion that human technological development has been consistent and continuous wrt population for the past ~6000 years.

[Spooky23]

It makes sense if you’re bullish on the current model of power and control persisting forever. These graphs and curves rely on underlying stability.

I personally doubt the current state of affairs can continue, as technology is pushing down the costs of delivering key capabilities of modern society.

[bsanr2]

Civilization has survived countless examples of upheaval, preserving scientific advancement all the while. The only way to stop it is to wipe out both the species and our records, at which point religion loses meaning and carrier.

[marcinzm]

The near-sterility of these subsets of the population is a modern phenomenon.