For further context: this Economist article [1] references a letter to the editor by Peter Turchin [2], which is itself a response to the Nature 2010 opinion ar

For further context: this Economist article [1] references a letter to the editor by Peter Turchin [2], which is itself a response to the Nature 2010 opinion article "2020 visions" [3]. [1] https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/10/24/can-too-many-brainy-people-be-a-dangerous-thing https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/10/24/c... [2] https://www.nature.com/articles/463608a.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/463608a.pdf [3] https://www.demogr.mpg.de/publications/files/3706_1264687048_1_Demographics.pdf https://www.demogr.mpg.de/publications/files/3706_1264687048...