E. O. Wilson in "The Social Conquest of Earth" makes a very strong case for excluding human eusociality from the biosphere. Although he doesn't draw that radical conclusion from his case -- he avoids drawing any conclusions at all from his case and merely posits a quasi religious faith that humanity will somehow work out some way of preserving the biosphere.
I don't think there is any *realistic* way of containing human eusociality short of formalizing individual combat as the appeal of last resort in dispute processing -- which means no authority structures can be sustained, since any "authority" could be challenged and killed by anyone. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Similarly, underground construction -- particularly in precambrian >> formations -- would provide vast volumes that, with artificial lighting, >> could contain custom-made ecosystems for Eden-like human habitats. There >> is no reason to burden the biosphere. >> > > I agree we should not burden the biosphere but I hope people continue to > live above ground in natural circumstances, rather than artificial ones. I > would to put the industrial and transportation infrastructure underground. > That's what I wrote in my book. > > - Jed > >
