The End of Overpopulation

Fear of overpopulation goes back a long long way. Well, turns out the results are already coming in, we’re not staring at the face of an exponential explosion, but the beginning of a new era of the human population where things start to plateau and perhaps even slightly decline.

There’s better news still, even among our most pessimistic projections we’ll still have enough food, space, and resources to take care of everyone by a comfortable margin. 

Best of all, reaching the peak human population in the next 80 or so years represents a huge win for equality and prosperity. 

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