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← The extinction rate is extraordinarily high and rising

14 connected korrents · 13 moments from 1 Oct 1859 to 26 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The extinction rate is extraordinarily high and rising The extinction rate is extraordinarilyhigh and rising Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jan 2023 PE Paul R. Ehrlich — holds since 2023-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because living things multiply so fast, a struggle for existence inevitably follows — tap to centre the map on it Because living things multiply sofast, a struggle for existenceinevitably follows Last stated 167 years ago 1 Oct 1859 CD Charles Darwin — holds since 1859-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The opportunity cost of endless planning and contemplation has increased. — tap to centre the map on it The opportunity cost of endlessplanning and contemplation hasincreased. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wildlife collapses from too many people, too much consumption and growth mania — tap to centre the map on it Wildlife collapses from too manypeople, too much consumption andgrowth mania Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jan 2023 PE Paul R. Ehrlich — holds since 2023-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The long-term trend is toward ever higher unemployment — tap to centre the map on it The long-term trend is toward everhigher unemployment JR Jeremy Rifkin — holds since c. 1995 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rising level of public concern about AI extinction risk is overblown relative to how progress will actually unfold. — tap to centre the map on it The rising level of public concernabout AI extinction risk isoverblown relative to how progresswill actually unfold. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Sept 2026 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beef and lamb are the most land-hungry and climate-damaging farm products there are. — tap to centre the map on it Beef and lamb are the mostland-hungry and climate-damagingfarm products there are. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cheap clean energy has broken the old trade-off between raising living standards and cutting environmental harm. — tap to centre the map on it Cheap clean energy has broken theold trade-off between raising livingstandards and cutting environmentalharm. Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Eating less meat is one of the easiest ways to reduce humanity's damage to the Earth. — tap to centre the map on it Eating less meat is one of theeasiest ways to reduce humanity'sdamage to the Earth. Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dams did not deserve their reversal of fortune; there is no need to build megastructures — tap to centre the map on it Dams did not deserve their reversalof fortune; there is no need tobuild megastructures Last stated 4 years ago 27 Oct 2022 VS Vaclav Smil — holds since 2022-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Growing food to put in cars is a mistake at a moment when the world should be farming less land, not more. — tap to centre the map on it Growing food to put in cars is amistake at a moment when the worldshould be farming less land, notmore. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Sept 2023 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making AI compute cheaper per token drives enough extra usage that total AI energy consumption rises rather than falls (a Jevons paradox effect). — tap to centre the map on it Making AI compute cheaper per tokendrives enough extra usage that totalAI energy consumption rises ratherthan falls (a Jevons paradoxeffect). Last stated 3 months ago 5 Aug 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-08-05 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The extinction rate is extraordinarily high and rising Last stated 1 Jan 2023 · 4 years ago Holds Paul R. Ehrlich Read this korrent →