> it will be a positive for the environment It certainly would improve our chances and reduce the rate at which conditions diverge from the baseline we've expe

> it will be a positive for the environment It certainly would improve our chances and reduce the rate at which conditions diverge from the baseline we've experienced for the last ~10,000 years, but it's important to recognize that we would not see meaningful total population reduction until at least 2100 even if the birth rate continued to drop dramatically and disasters claimed several billion lives[0]. There is too much inertia. [0] https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1410465111 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1410465111