It's not the number of people, it's how they live. Big houses, big cars, commute. > it's a good thing that the world's population will shrink Not if it hap

It's not the number of people, it's how they live. Big houses, big cars, commute. > it's a good thing that the world's population will shrink Not if it happens too fast. It may very well be unstoppable. In countries like South Korea every couple has one child these days. So its population is going 1/2. If they want to correct that and return to previous level, every couple formed among those children would have to bear 4 children. They won't.