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In my opinion, this is good news. World population can not grow indefinitely.
by Shorel 6y ago
In my opinion, this is good news.
World population can not grow indefinitely.
- coolspot 6y agoNatural selection prefers people who think otherwise, unfortunately.
- alexf95 6y agoWith how we are progressing with medicine and building up 3rd world countries the world population will grow a lot more still.
- rocknor 6y agoOnly in the short term. Lifting people from extreme poverty drastically reduces birth rates, accelerating demographic transition [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition
- rocknor 6y agoShocking how even on HN people are not aware that the world population will NOT grow indefinitely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348
- Shorel 6y agoLet me repeat myself: I think this is good news. One way or another, the world population will not grow indefinitely. That's a fact. But the how, that's uncertain. It is a lot better for us if the reason is not the ocean food chain has been disrupted.