The entire current 8 billion could each have 1/4 acre (an acre for a family of 4) in just an area smaller than the size of north america. With urbanization, even less space needed. Do the math.
Cars and engines could run on aether or water. And everything could be built to last 100s of years. Supressed tech.
Alternative and better societal structures are unthinkable. For most.
The entire population of the Earth could live in the state of Texas, if it had population the density of New York. Human freedom within and without national boundaries precludes this level of mouse house building.
Human nature, which is unchangeable, makes for perpetually failing societal structures/institutions.
Many things could be built to last hundreds of years, but at what cost? I'm the first to argue against planned obsolescence and shitty crap made in China on the cheap, but building things to last hundreds of years presumes that there is a need for said things hundreds of years from now...which is unnecessary for most things other than bridges and maybe a few other things.
There is no such thing as aether, and nothing runs on water but a water wheel.
The entire current 8 billion could each have 1/4 acre (an acre for a family of 4) in just an area smaller than the size of north america. With urbanization, even less space needed. Do the math.
Cars and engines could run on aether or water. And everything could be built to last 100s of years. Supressed tech.
Alternative and better societal structures are unthinkable. For most.
The entire population of the Earth could live in the state of Texas, if it had population the density of New York. Human freedom within and without national boundaries precludes this level of mouse house building.
Human nature, which is unchangeable, makes for perpetually failing societal structures/institutions.
Many things could be built to last hundreds of years, but at what cost? I'm the first to argue against planned obsolescence and shitty crap made in China on the cheap, but building things to last hundreds of years presumes that there is a need for said things hundreds of years from now...which is unnecessary for most things other than bridges and maybe a few other things.
There is no such thing as aether, and nothing runs on water but a water wheel.