The demographics issue makes this whole situation such a massive paradox. On one hand, we want all those extra humans to generate "economic growth" to keep our

The demographics issue makes this whole situation such a massive paradox. On one hand, we want all those extra humans to generate "economic growth" to keep our perpetual growth train going. On the other hand, the environmental consequences of that seem already unbearable for our biome right now. It's like we want to have our cake and eat it too, it just won't work. If we want to "save the planet" then we need to let go of this insane idea of perpetual economic growth we supposedly only can solve by throwing more human bodies at it.