In a way, it's already happened, it's just that there is a delay effect and it takes time for things to... unravel ("the future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed yet")
I'd say we've basically known since at least https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth (but in many ways much earlier than that) and have simply been in denial. Yes we adapt and leverage technology and innovation, but there are rather hard time limits and we've exhausted our window quite some time ago. The correction (to use a friendly word) will be very painful.
> If we don't, nature will, as we all know.
In a way, it's already happened, it's just that there is a delay effect and it takes time for things to... unravel ("the future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed yet")
I recommend this lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WRojM9_uAI by Pablo Servigne (agricultural engineer, PhD in ethology and behaviour of complex systems).
I'd say we've basically known since at least https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth (but in many ways much earlier than that) and have simply been in denial. Yes we adapt and leverage technology and innovation, but there are rather hard time limits and we've exhausted our window quite some time ago. The correction (to use a friendly word) will be very painful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WRojM9_uAI