[TinkersW]

This might shock you, but we aren't the only species on the planet.

We cannot consume every piece of the planet and leave nothing for other species, and there are already far more of us than necessary.

[steveoscaro]

Damn, every day must be bleak with a mindset like this.

[ordinaryradical]

“This might shock you”

Really??? I expect more of HN than snark like this.

Argue in good faith and assume good faith, please.

> and there are already far more of us than necessary.

I think trying to argue how many humans should exist based on something like “necessity” is pretty weird. Who gets to decide our necessity?

Humans aren’t “necessary” in some way that transcends philosophical argument and neither should we preserve other species according to such a metric.