As population increases and resources dwindle, we get closer to subsistence living or even a population crash. The decade-long cycle might be close to breaking,

As population increases and resources dwindle, we get closer to subsistence living or even a population crash. The decade-long cycle might be close to breaking, then. Yes the trick is to lower one's expectations. Ultimately we can be content with little more than a warm dry place to sleep and enough food.