[carbonguy]

> _My_ world view deems no person "excess".

So we don't have "too many" people? The world is not OVERpopulated? Because excess means "too many" or "more than needed," so if you're saying there's no excess, then you're saying there's not too many people.

I definitely agree with you, by the way: the world does not have an excess of humans!

[throwawaylinux]

We have many more people on earth than can sustainably be supported without continuing environmental damage and depletion.

[ekianjo]

Nope. That is catastrophism.

[throwawaylinux]

No, it's just what's happening. For example, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29546714

[ekianjo]

Please explain to me how the survival of birds is linked to the survival of human life on Earth. We are already in a civilization where we don't depend anymore on foraging stuff that grows in nature anymore.

[throwawaylinux]

Strawman.

[littlecosmic]

if we were kangaroos, rabbits, or deer, we would do a population cull on ourselves 'for our own good' (not that I think we should).