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>Singapore: 16000%

So the takeaway from this is you should aim for high biocapacity deficit, right?

I mean, I live in a deep green country, and it's a filthy dump.

That's my take away too. I won't name names but there are a lot of "ecologically wealthy" countries that nobody in the right mind wants to live.

People should aim for maximum human flourishing, not minimising human impact on the planet.

A better way to read this map: countries in the deep red are places where people have tamed this inhuman, unforgiving Earth, and people can lead happy and self-defined lives.

Countries in the deep green are where people are at the mercy of nature and die of 20th century causes.

People in the former complain that it is too "antiseptic" or "artificial", occasionally gawk at the latter and chastise everyone for not living in misery, always from the comfort of a city where the vast infrastructure that supports their lives is perfectly out of sight and out of mind.

> People in the former complain that it is too "antiseptic" or "artificial", occasionally gawk at the latter and chastise everyone for not living in misery, always from the comfort of a city where the vast infrastructure that supports their lives is perfectly out of sight and out of mind.

You do realize that there is a sliding scale here, right?

Probably not.

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