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Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better

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25 pointsandsoitis18 comments

If you're so against hearing any kind of rationalization or nuance about the drawbacks of unchecked population growth, please buy a ticket from Elon and turn some other planet into your Coruscant. Because some of us like this one, and we humans are destroying it with that kind of selfish thinking.

It's as if some people can't see that there might be middle ground between say an evil Eugenics master plan and a little bit better family planning for a few generations.

Absolutely. And what gets lost so often is that the population is still set to approach 10 billion over the next century and either flatten or gradually decrease back to levels still above where we are now by 2200. There is currently no projection that I’m aware of that has the population of the earth actually declining from current levels in the next 200 years. And that is without even taking into account any improvements in the health of older people leading to longer, healthier lives.

Where do I buy

Lol. Judging from the last rocket I think there could be some nose bleeds for cheap. I humbly ask though instead of mars, go colonize somewhere in a galaxy far far away. Otherwise, you'd be much too close for comfort for us Earthlings.

> Otherwise, you'd be much too close for comfort for us Earthlings.

Manner, Earther T3T

Disgusting drivel. People wonder why institutional trust is cratering.

What's stopping the author of this piece from leading by example?

It's always the other guy who needs to be "declined".

It sounds like you’re reading things into the article that aren’t in the article.

Nope, I read every tendentious word and got the point that the author wanted me to get. It's not like she's not already a known voice (albeit with nothing new to say) in this space.

Perhaps she is leading by example; how would you know otherwise? This article is not about her personal family planning decisions.

Fairly obviously.

I would much rather live in a world with 1 billion people than 7. Less competition for everything.

Imagine if the UK had the population of London. It'd be brilliant, we could all have enormous houses and our total carbon footprint would still be far less than currently.

If you're in the elite and you _do_ want the poors to breed you're frankly just a bit daft. The entire climate conversation is based on "we should have our fair share each", not everyone accepts that.

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