I kinda went on a little research spree on economics this afternoon but at one point I figured it’s probably good to know if it’s possible for, say, at least 98% of people on earth to live a happy fulfilled life at all.
I know there’s plenty of people who’d be more than happy to have literally nothing more than a house, food and water, but that still leaves a whole lot of people who want other things in life.
Do we have any metrics or data on wether the earth can sustain roughly 8 billion humans?
I remember watching something in the 1990’s about this question. The video said that you’d need 6 earths for each human to live at an average American’s level of wealth.
I imagine it is worse now.
Average american’s SOL has declined quite a bit, probably like 4 earths.
If you were talking ‘average upper middle class american’ who has a million in the bank and feels poor despite living in a massive house and having 6 cars, probably 40.