I think quality of life would be higher on average with a lower population, but that's an interesting point that certain products are more sustainable with a la

I think quality of life would be higher on average with a lower population, but that's an interesting point that certain products are more sustainable with a large population. Things like software, music, and movies have very low marginal cost and most of the production cost is just in making the first version. If you're JK Rowling and write Harry Potter, you make twice as much money and readers derive twice as much enjoyment from the books in a world with twice as many people, if all else is equal. Currently we don't allocate resources very efficiently when it comes to the creation of so-called intellectual property. With a much smaller population, we'd presumably have to be smarter about it if we want large volumes of high-quality content.