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bitcoinaz

One more thing about the past.

This is world population in billions.

I agree with the past but now it's a different world, we are 8 billion, same land. The difference is astonishing.

I always enjoy your notes.

rev.hodl 2y ago

Thanks for pointing out the population problem. This consideration leads to more interning thoughts.

If we can feed the world today with less people farming than before. We can grow more food per acre (which will be higher quality) with permaculture, and not to mention that more land will be utilized for food production. There should be no problem feeding the world.

It's not a problem of food production in my opinion but more a problem of population density or population distribution. While the industrial revolution might be the start of these population densities, fiat has subsidized thier continuity long after their sustainable growth limits. Permaculture, and Bitcoin will make a decentralized world (again? More than ever before?).

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bitcoinaz 2y ago

Unfortunately we cannot feed the world today. We can feed the 1st world. Some for the 2nd, nothing for the 3rd. And that because we industrialized agriculture in the West, we use fertilizers, and we have good lands and peace.

rev.hodl 2y ago

There are two different issues at play here, one the way food is produced and distributed and two the way fiat erodes capital and concentrates it. In my opinion people going hungry aren't a victim of not enough fertile ground or workable land but moreso the erosion of their capital due to fiat systems. This is and example of how inflation is exported too the poorest in the world. It's possible that these people should have moved if in fact they could no longer grow enough food to feed themselves but instead they stayed being proped up by fiat subsidies. Definitely a complex issue to think about. In my opinion, fiat is the biggest problem we face, all the solutions are available but the incentive to utilize them isn't.

Brisket 2y ago

I think fiat farming is producing ample calories & food volume that's devoid in nutrition. We're nutritionally starving with full bellies & an insatiable hunger.

The fiat farming approach is to fight nature with machinery & chemicals.

Permaculture & Regen Ag focuses on working with natural processes to shift it towards production. This approach relies less on inputs & more on humans. Observing, reflecting & acting requires more human hours. I don't think machines & ai can replace this & I think this is desirable. It's s chaotic dance leads to more resilient & decentralised food production.

I think the current fiat farming techniques are unsustainable. We have maybe a decade or 2 before it will collapses.

As Will Harris puts it, he's not trying to feed the world, he's trying to feed his community. Can this approach feed the world as it exists now? Probably not - things need to change. How we live, what we do & what we value all need to change. Bitcoin helps with this change.