This talks about climate impacting the population, but it made me wonder if herd immunity to disease in an isolated population could cause population limiting diseases to go extinct after awhile.
mtoner23•42m ago
Food would be the biggest barrier to population growth in pre modern times
clickety_clack•36m ago
Why does anyone do anything? Some people obviously just got really into the idea of sailing to the islands.
Right now there are people in the world that are super into the idea of going to Mars. There’s no reason why anyone has to do it, but they’re into the idea of it and they’ll find whatever rationale they need to explain the desire.
kelseyfrog•14m ago
We're going to Mars because of rainfall patterns. The anthropologists of the future will peice together clues and come to the same conclusion.
RajT88•13m ago
"Why was there a massive migration to Mars starting in 2050? More importantly why did every wave of settlers die out almost immediately"?
ohyoutravel•1h ago