This paper is using a slightly more careful and factual wording than what I've seen before. In my opinion we're already suffering from over population, and a r

This paper is using a slightly more careful and factual wording than what I've seen before. In my opinion we're already suffering from over population, and a reduction followed by stabilization should not be feared. Of course we'll have to change things, a different age distribution means we'll have to invest less in education and childcare and more in elderly care. There are benefits of a different age distribution, criminality/violence tends to peak for boys in their twenties, and they are the easiest group to manipulate into sacrificing their lives in useless wars. More people near retirement and less students also means we could reinstate the practice of tutoring. Growth has its advantages, undeniably, but also many drawbacks, and there is no such thing as infinite growth, at least not on a single planet. I think that humanity could benefit greatly from population stability. And I also think that the most important dampener to fertility is not education and contraceptive techniques, those are factors giving more control to women. The dampener is access to cheap space, and because a population reduction will likely lead to a radical change in the housing market, this dampener will relax.