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Re:The Economics of Falling Populations by ThomPete on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:32AM (#26696584)
We need both and that require more not less people.
Re:The Economics of Falling Populations by wsc981 on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:40AM (#26697012)
> We need both and that require more not less people.

A lot of problems would be solved 'automatically' if the world population would be reduced.

Re:The Economics of Falling Populations by ThomPete on Monday April 05, 2021 @08:39AM (#26698193)
The world will always face problems and we will always be the victim of these if we don't have the knowledge to combat them. The more people we are the more we are likely to produce the wealth, knowledge and solutions for those problems.

The idea that the worlds population is a problem is in my world an antihuman stance which keeps popping up even tough it keeps being proven wrong. Wether Maltahus, Erlich or the UN.

Re:The Economics of Falling Populations by imtringued on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:18AM (#26721403)
>The idea that the worlds population is a problem is in my world an antihuman stance which keeps popping up even tough it keeps being proven wrong. Wether Maltahus, Erlich or the UN.

Ok, I will stay in my pragmatically driven (being in favor of endless population growth is just another ideology, being in favor of neither is pragmatism), non population exploding enclave and become rich in the process. I'll be looking forward to seeing Africa mass produce poor people.

Your ideology requires technological progress to always be faster than human population growth, sure you can keep this up another 300 years but at some point you are going to trip.

Re:The Economics of Falling Populations by ThomPete on Sunday April 11, 2021 @09:48AM (#26770359)
You say it's not pragmatic yet history seems to disagree with you.

Humans create resources we don't just find them. 300 years from now we are either harvesting the universe or we are just sitting ducks waiting for some giant cataclysmic event. At least my "ideology" gives us a chance where as yours just wait for us to join natures 99.9% extinction rate.

Re:The Economics of Falling Populations by erik_seaberg on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @03:29AM (#26721463)
The green revolution narrowly averted catastrophe by modernizing farming worldwide. How could we do that more than once?
Re:The Economics of Falling Populations by ThomPete on Sunday April 11, 2021 @09:49AM (#26770361)
Not sure what you mean. How did the green revolution avert catastrophe?