to me the main point of the parent comment was not that population growth is good, but that the current trend points to a sharp population decline coming in a c

to me the main point of the parent comment was not that population growth is good, but that the current trend points to a sharp population decline coming in a century or two, and once we have a sharp decline it will be very hard to stop that decline and get to zero growth at replacement rate which is really what the goal in the end must be. If we want humanity to continue, let's make the world a place where people want to bring children into it, and incentivize them doing so. i agree, but at this point we are really very far away from that.