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Sounds like hell on a dying planet where more people keep coming and no one leaves.

(Dying from the point of view of being about to sustain human life)

Unless of course we have magically conquered space travel too.



> Unless of course we have magically conquered space travel too.

If everyone sticks around, they can help solve the problem. If people don't die, maybe they'll be forced to care for the planet instead of spoiling it for the next group.


Lot of ifs and maybes there. And a lot of faith that the human race can actually pull together to do that.


It beats giving up on mankind from the get-go.




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