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Population can be a burden. As the US has learned, economic systems can't grow forever; maintaining the US standard of living is a significant strain both geopo
by leereeves 7y ago
Population can be a burden. As the US has learned, economic systems can't grow forever; maintaining the US standard of living is a significant strain both geopolitically and environmentally. It will be much harder to provide a similar standard of living for 1.4 billion people.
I suspect that China will hit similar limits soon, if they haven't already. We do see signs of environmental and geopolitical strain there.
- nopinsight 7y agoIt depends on the direction of growth. Antibiotics by itself improves the quality of life a great deal and does not take much resources to produce. If a country moves toward an innovation-driven economy, its growth can be less constrained by physical resources.