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With a larger population combined with more of a chance of living past the age of 5, you need fewer births to get the same population growth rate globally. As t
by uoaei 3y ago
With a larger population combined with more of a chance of living past the age of 5, you need fewer births to get the same population growth rate globally. As the world population rapidly urbanizes we will settle into a new normal that will still approach Earth's carrying capacity faster than we can adequately react.
- Aerbil313 3y agoHuman population has overshot in 1971[1], what are you talking about? Carrying capacity has long been exceeded, we’re living thanks to the phantom carrying capacity[2]. 1: https://medium.com/@CollapseSurvival/overshoot-why-its-already-too-late-to-save-civilization-e834cb4ec694 https://medium.com/@CollapseSurvival/overshoot-why-its-alrea... 2: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2005-03-06/dependence-phantom-carrying-capacity/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2005-03-06/dependence-pha...