Originally Posted by
The Great Zaganza
It's not an excuse, it's a psychological effect:
if the cake grows so that most people's slices stay the same in volume whilst another one's slice grows, it feels to the others who are no worse off like something has been taken away from them.
Good example.
We're not all exploiting the world's resources as much as we used to when China was seen as The Yellow Peril by the USA.
We're more intelligently creating ways to use and reuse them. It's been a slow process, and there's a long way to go, but it's scientifically proven.