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July 24 2010

snej
18:06

Insufficient data [Charles Stross]

SF writer Charles Stross tackles the question of how many people it takes to maintain our technological civilization [he guesses at least 100 million] and the political implications thereof. One consequence is that autonomous space colonies aren't feasible because they'd need huge numbers of people to keep their technology going.
Tags: sf politics economics