Pandora's Seed: The Costs of Civilization

Society is changing too Fast! We're all doomed! Technology = Bad , but book sales = Very good!<p>This kind of intellectual conservatism is tantamount to asking the whole world to stick their fingers in their ears and pretend that we would be better off as tribal hunter gathers.<p>It's a bunch of unsupportable nonsense designed to sell this guy's book.

That was a really great article!<p>A thought that has been swirling around my mind for a while that i'm reminded of again as I was reading. Technological innovation seems to be on an exponential curve, as well as consumption (and I believe population) the earth being what it is these rates by any sane persons measures cannot continue indefinitely. How does nature find a balance?

If technology continues to increase at the current rate will global warming (if it is even caused by humans) and diseases caused by a westernized culture be an issue? Think about the ~1.5 degrees possible surface temperature change on the earth versus the possibility for space travel and colonization.