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Stable Urban Future Need Not Save Nature
It is entirely possible to stabilize the world at 12 billion people, urbanized, connected, and out of extreme poverty, and yet still destroy nature, so achieving population and poverty goals does not guarantee preservation of nature.
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Joe WalstonEvidence Quote
“we can still achieve all those things and destroy nature. And that's the other aspect of this.”
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22 | Joe Walston on Conservation, Urbanization, and the Way We Live on Earth— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 3:37:33 AM
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