The standard of living that most people take for granted within a modernised 1st world country (e.g. Australia, Northern Europe, Germany [basically everything country in the world under a welfare state system: Sorry USA]) is not possible on our current population scale. i.e. long, boring (highly growing rate of mental health problems) but probably physically healthyish lives.
The rate at which we consume certain foods (fish, palm oil, etc) isn't sustainable for longevity at the rate the world's population currently wants them. The entire world does all its fishing in either the most northern or most southern parts of the Oceans now, as there's virtually nothing left elsewhere. South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Chile/Argentina (right?) get a lot of fun out of having to divvy up their marina borders to the USA and East Asia ("Why can't you fish near where you guys live?" "Because there be none left near us, and its a monopoly as considered by this constitutionally binding treaty we forced you into post WWII for you guys to get the only place where fish are, so, we're fishing here. TOO BAD" [20 years later in Antarctica: no fish left in Antarctica*]).
*By the way scientists who said you shouldn't fish in Antarctica, not like we care, but how long are these fish going to take to come back in large numbers in large size? "Well most of the large fish you so routinely net and spear fish out of here are likely to be in their 20-50 years old; we've only recently come to understand A SIGNIFICANTLY SMALL PORTION of the life cycles of most breeds of large ocean creatures, fish get more reproductive in age, hence the ability for populations to grow back are going to be very slow or unlikely".
Don't worry guys, Jellyfish.
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