[bryanlarsen]

Farming has been destroying soil and polluting water for thousands of years. The Tigris & Euphrates used to be crazy fertile, now it's desert. Yes, the destruction has accelerated but farms now feed 8 billion people.

[fodkodrasz]

We need to go faster! We need more people, and more machines, so we can go even faster!

This also leads to a kind of a singularity.