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> I'd live too, but I'd curse the prior generations that left it this way. But we're not far evolved from chimpanzees and we will grow until we collapse. That'
by tombert 2y ago
> I'd live too, but I'd curse the prior generations that left it this way. But we're not far evolved from chimpanzees and we will grow until we collapse.
That's not really what the UN predicts [1]. It looks like it'll peak at a bit shy of 11 billion.
Population growth rates have been going down for awhile.
https://www.un.org/en/UN-projects-world-population-to-peak-within-this-century https://www.un.org/en/UN-projects-world-population-to-peak-w...
- throwup238 2y agoWhich is mostly a product of cratering birth rates as countries get richer and more developed. I’d argue that’s a sign that we are in the process of collapse. I think we certainly will if 8 or 11 billion people reach the standard of living of the US, just by the ecological impact.