Actually, 40 years ago, people were mainly worried about more immediate and tangible issues like poverty and economic development. Population collapse simply wa

Actually, 40 years ago, people were mainly worried about more immediate and tangible issues like poverty and economic development. Population collapse simply wasn’t a major concern back then. It’s kind of like how nowadays hardly anyone seriously worries about the Earth exploding and everyone moving to Mars — people tend to focus on the problems that feel most urgent at the time. That’s why population collapse wasn’t really on the radar back then.