Greed: Nature’s Way of Balancing Humanity
In today’s world, billions of people live in cramped cities, packed into high-rise buildings, barely having enough space to move freely. Apartments stretch 50, 70, even 100 floors into the sky, while the cost of a small plot of land keeps rising beyond reach. But why? When you look at the numbers, the truth is shocking: each human on Earth, if land were distributed equally, could have around 65,700 square feet (or 1.5 acres) of habitable land to themselves. That’s more than enough for a house, a garden, and even a personal forest! So, why do most of us struggle in tiny apartments, battling for space in overcrowded cities? The Myth of Overpopulation We are told that Earth is running out of space, that overpopulation is a crisis. But in reality, only about 9.57% of Earth’s total surface is habitable land. Even within that, cities and infrastructure take up only a fraction. The rest is either controlled by a few or left unused. Instead of being spread across the vast available land,...