As people are becoming aware, there does appear to be signs emerging that the planet Earth is demonstrating finite capabilities to support the continued existence of life. The atmosphere appears to be heating. The oceans appear to be declining in their ability to support life. Also, many species of wildlife are disappearing.
The reason this situation should be of interest to people is that all prevailing thought in the social sciences regards the planet having infinite capacity to support the continued existence of life as an important premise. All theology, philosophy related to governments and philosophy related to the cultural habits of people were developed with the belief being that the planet had infinite capacity to support life, ages ago, when the planet truly appeared to be as big as the universe to people. The philosophies being respected at this time largely determine how people judge questions of right from wrong. Also, although most people may not realize it, the philosophies being respected at this time motivate couples to have large families to a very significant degree. As a consequence, the world population is growing in an exponential fashion. The world population grows in number similarly to how bacteria grows under favorable conditions. Every generation is bigger than the generation preceding it.
Without a major change occurring at this time regarding the philosophies people respect, I believe life on this planet will be rendered a non-surviving future. This is because the currently respected obsolete philosophies are motivating the world population as a whole to behave very destructively toward life’s long enduring survival interests.