And because he knows he can feed hundreds of people, the farmer will have a dozen or so children, most likely erring on the side of too many and negate all bene

And because he knows he can feed hundreds of people, the farmer will have a dozen or so children, most likely erring on the side of too many and negate all benefits of this abundance! As much as I disagree with the OP, I viscerally hate crowded cities, having more than 2 people per sq km population density, oversocialization of human beings and social hierarchies everywhere and all the other crap we had to put up with to get to the current level of progress in science and technology, but I hate it even more when people forget that it is only worth putting up with all this crap because of the goal of progress in science and technology and the hope that it will in the end set us free from the "slavery" of biological mortality and of biologically limited brainpower!.