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by wait_a_minute 920 days ago
Earth is indeed finite, but if presently accessible resources give humanity tens of thousands of years of runway, that is for all intents and purposes limitless - because in that time the science and tech that get developed will resemble magic. Consider how peak oil turned out to not be a problem after all. Now humanity is on the verge of a renaissance in nuclear reactors, a revolution in fusion reactors, and the success of renewables deployment at scale.

I propose making everything better around us.