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The population is predicted to max out at 10-11 billion people this century, as birth rates lower when countries become more developed. These are demographic tr
by dwaltrip 9y ago
The population is predicted to max out at 10-11 billion people this century, as birth rates lower when countries become more developed. These are demographic trends that have been unfolding for many decades now, as I recall.
- lisper 9y agoYes, let's hope those predictions play out. But there's another problem: for several hundred years our economic institutions have been structured on the assumption of exponential economic growth. That has been fueled by both population growth and innovation, but that can't go on forever either. It's an open question whether we'll be able to restructure society to adjust.