I'm way too old now for those concerts. Not like I'm physically too encrippled, I just can't stand to do anymore damage to my ears or my back or have my bad toe stepped on, I just want the sound of trickling water and rustling leaves.

the reason is succumbing to fear, fear that we will have to indeed fight for resources, a scarcity mindset.

Tbh, I don't think so. I think it is a mindset thing, but one based upon the fact that our entire global economy is built on a ponzi scheme that we percieve requires more growth, perpetually. This isn't true, but nobody has a clue how to get out of it.

If you stop growth, you are seen as making everybody poorer. If you reduce population, you're creating an 'aging population'. If you reduce immigration even 1%, you're racist and heartless against all the poor immigrants of the world, even though a 1% reduction is still 200% higher than it was 5 years ago.

Going back, regressing is considered a terrible thing we should avoid at all costs. And so what choice do we have? We set our own philosophy of perpetual growth. It's like constantly driving a bus that will explode if it slows down - only in this movie, it has to also gradually accelerate until it presumably hits the speed of light.

We could just plan for controlled reductions and redactions but... nah