What I conclude:
Exponential growth until all resource usage is maximized and population is maximized. Because there is too much competition (which means stress), young mice opt out of the game completely or their descendants can't cope with the stress anymore. Stress means, that no matter what you do, you can't win at the game of life. This will be written into the genes.
In humans it is known, that early childhood stress makes people more prone to depression/burn out or other psychological problems. And we also know, that these problems can be given to the next generation. you will most likely find a study proving that people born/living in cities (simulating the overcrowded mice experiment) are more prone to depression.
-> a negative feedback cycle of gene expression leads to societal decay
I don't think humanity will face this fate as a whole, rather some cultures or countries.
Interesting enough, most countries with a maximized resource use per citizen (most western countries, USA on pole position) are below sustainable reproduction rate indicating the decay phase for our western culture.
Exponential growth until all resource usage is maximized and population is maximized. Because there is too much competition (which means stress), young mice opt out of the game completely or their descendants can't cope with the stress anymore. Stress means, that no matter what you do, you can't win at the game of life. This will be written into the genes.
In humans it is known, that early childhood stress makes people more prone to depression/burn out or other psychological problems. And we also know, that these problems can be given to the next generation. you will most likely find a study proving that people born/living in cities (simulating the overcrowded mice experiment) are more prone to depression.
-> a negative feedback cycle of gene expression leads to societal decay
I don't think humanity will face this fate as a whole, rather some cultures or countries.
Interesting enough, most countries with a maximized resource use per citizen (most western countries, USA on pole position) are below sustainable reproduction rate indicating the decay phase for our western culture.
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