Yes we do. We toss out the technology and go back to substance farming or hunter/gathering. You'll have no trouble "eating less". But that requires social coordination and humans much prefer to escape society through the use of drugs. Always have, always will.

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nemomarx 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think the revolt you'd get from trying to move everyone back to subsistence farming (and also getting conquered by some other group who didn't do this) also means we don't know how to do that successfully. You're ignoring that last word again.

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9rx 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Protip: Read right up to the end of the comment before pressing reply. You missed a whole lot of context by rushing to respond midway through.

	▲	nemomarx 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What I'm saying is that "knowing how to do something" requires knowing how to actually implement that solution, how to get people to agree to do it. You might as well say "we know how to get to tau ceti".

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Goronmon 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is it helpful to point out solutions for problems facing society that don't apply to "humans"?

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wat10000 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, mass starvation is an extremely effective weight loss technique. However, some feel there are downsides to this approach.

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watwut 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There is an implicit requirement of "while not making survival chances significantly lower".