Because you don't need to ask questions. Models like Lotka-Volterra were first proposed before WW1. The math is clear, you can't have infinite growth. Our popu

Because you don't need to ask questions. Models like Lotka-Volterra were first proposed before WW1. The math is clear, you can't have infinite growth. Our population is not at an equilibrium because we fully depend on industrialisation and a constant, unnaturally great supply of resources. Those resources are a shaky foundation - can I afford a car, can I afford a house, can I afford to move for a better job, can I afford college for my kids, etc. Some people expect to have a better life than a european peasant. Sickness and hygiene aside, it was a given to own a house, work the field or raise animals, praise the Lord, and marry young.