What if only less than 50 million people lived on Earth centuries from now (1 Viewer)

[Saintman2884]

Tom, you might have situations like the ones we have now. Except on a more scattered, remote, far more spread out similar to medieval Europe: villages, smaller autonomous sorts of communities, maybe smaller-medium sized cities with decent remaining infrastructure or at least cities with functional infrastructural apparatuses. You would have entire regions, large terrains on most continents (save Antarctica) where population density was minimal or scarce.

The best historical analogy I could maybe cite would be late antiquity Roman-controlled Western Europe and parts of North Africa. When you have a systems collapse, especially one on the scale of a very long-lasting, very effective, pragmatic system of civil and imperial governance that Roman Empire provided for nearly 500 years, that's a hard damaging body blow to recover from. Major paradigm shifts in predominant cultural, social, political, and religious beliefs are also bound to occur.

I hope my explanation helps clear up any unnecessary confusion, or questions you might have, Tom.

 

[Merl]

My request would be that I get to hand pick the 50 million left.

Elitism at at best/worst.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Portland residents would still protest, doesn't matter what the issue, they would still find something to protest.

you protest Portland protesting at least as much as Portland protests
just saying

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Tom, you might have situations like the ones we have now. Except on a more scattered, remote, far more spread out similar to medieval Europe: villages, smaller autonomous sorts of communities, maybe smaller-medium sized cities with decent remaining infrastructure or at least cities with functional infrastructural apparatuses. You would have entire regions, large terrains on most continents (save Antarctica) where population density was minimal or scarce.

The best historical analogy I could maybe cite would be late antiquity Roman-controlled Western Europe and parts of North Africa. When you have a systems collapse, especially one on the scale of a very long-lasting, very effective, pragmatic system of civil and imperial governance that Roman Empire provided for nearly 500 years, that's a hard damaging body blow to recover from. Major paradigm shifts in predominant cultural, social, political, and religious beliefs are also bound to occur.

I hope my explanation helps clear up any unnecessary confusion, or questions you might have, Tom.

are you implying that people will remain spread out for health measures?
pretty sure most people would gravitate to city/state models for the efficiency and protection

 

[OutlawSaint]

Damn.

Less than 50 million?

That cuts my chances of getting a girlfriend down drastically.

Yea I'm already struggling as is.

 

[zeetes]

my guess would be that there are less than 50 million people.

 

[0rion]

Elitism at at best/worst.

Joking around at its best/worst. Try not to get tears on your keyboard...I wouldn't want that on my conscience.

 

[0rion]

are you implying that people will remain spread out for health measures?
pretty sure most people would gravitate to city/state models for the efficiency and protection

Or to go to Lowe's evidently.

 

[Cage1]

You're probably looking at 10 or so large population centers (maybe 1-2 million) in temperate zones with few, if any, natural disasters and then 1000 or so smaller outposts spread around that survive on cottage industries/tourism.

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

Keith Richards and Betty White would still live through it.

 

[Merl]

Joking around at its best/worst. Try not to get tears on your keyboard...I wouldn't want that on my conscience.

Then you should have ended your statement with a /joke. In the current overly politically correct climate without the /joke or /sarcasm tag someone like me would take your post as asinine. With it then I would have chalked it up as poor taste and scrolled by it.

 

[ilvdsnts]

If we prorate it, it would mean there would be about 6,500 people living in the N.O. Metropolitan area, I wouldn’t have to fight as much traffic coming back from Laplace for work every evening where the I-10 lanes merge from 6-3 lanes.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Then you should have ended your statement with a /joke. In the current overly politically correct climate without the /joke or /sarcasm tag someone like me would take your post as asinine. With it then I would have chalked it up as poor taste and scrolled by it.

yes! thank you!
now we can get back to the serious discussion of what would happen if a hacky scifi premise broke out across the world

 

[0rion]

Then you should have ended your statement with a /joke. In the current overly politically correct climate without the /joke or /sarcasm tag someone like me would take your post as asinine. With it then I would have chalked it up as poor taste and scrolled by it.

So basically you're saying it's a problem with how you view and take things? I'm fine with that. Good day sir.

 

[Quiet Storm]

The Kardashians would have a lot less followers on Twitter.

I only follow Kendall because I think she's the best looking one of all. But she's a Jenner.