Watch this TED Talk by science journalist Charles C. Mann. Is he right when he say’s we are not using our shared knowledge to gurantee our long-term prosperity? Give you opinion on how likely it is that humans will suffer the same sad fate as protozoa in a Petri dish? Consider the following concepts while formulating your opinion: r-selected species versus k-selected species, carrying capacity, and succession in a forest until a stable climax community is reached. And there is a reason why farmers grow cereals (wheat, etc), which are r-selected grasses rather than tree crops, which are k-selected. Also look up a bet that was made between Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon.
