s-curves look exponential when you're in the middle of the curve. It's true that animal populations peak (s-curve) when they hit resource limits (ie: carrying

s-curves look exponential when you're in the middle of the curve. It's true that animal populations peak (s-curve) when they hit resource limits (ie: carrying capacity of the environment). But our population has slowed because of education (in particular, education of women)... it's an effect thats been repeated all over the world. If it were resource limits, we would see things like famine (killing the excess members of the population), rampant disease (which becomes easier to spread when people are closer to each other), etc. We're definitely not there in the developed world; and the 3rd world isnt there either, since they have some of the highest reproductive rates.