Topic 1: Urban-demographic growth and resource-intensive industrialism

Rapid urban-demographic growth and resource-intensive industrialism have become large-scale biogeophysical forces on earth. What does this mean? Does this trend impact you directly (including your plans for a certain career and lifestyle), or is this merely a long term concern for future generations? What evidence do you see and/or read about that fits with this observation? Share you thoughts here about USP2's assigned readings on this topic.