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>Society doesn't need 8 billion humans anymore This is self-contradictory. Society is exactly the humans that exist.

• kyllo 11y ago
  It think it's more like, human society is collectively deciding that optimum human population size is less than current size, and adjusting reproductive behavior accordingly.
  • jsprogrammer 11y ago
    Isn't the human population increasing?
    • kyllo 11y ago
      It is still increasing, but the slope of the curve is decreasing. It will peak in the next few decades and then start to decrease if current reproductive trends continue.