Whenever I hear "overpopulation" from anyone, I want them to watch this video: Overpopulation or Underpopulation by Toby Ord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r

Whenever I hear "overpopulation" from anyone, I want them to watch this video: Overpopulation or Underpopulation by Toby Ord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7LgGylpI9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7LgGylpI9U A rough snippet: note that hammers and songs are different. Hammers are made of matter and require labor. Songs are a pattern and can be copied virtually for free. Songs are more valuable when there are more people: greater total enjoyment. And having more people means more minds to create great things. Some things like computers are so complex that they require a large population to make. Smaller populations might not yield the amazing technology we could otherwise have.