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Are There Too Many People Or Too Few?

Are There Too Many People Or Too Few?

Automation, plunging birthrates, and resource scarcity make for a fascinating debate

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Nov 08, 2023
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With financial collapse and global war inching closer every day, you’d have to be an anxiety junkie to worry about distant things like demographic trends.

Still, the population debate is interesting, with economists, statisticians, and techies disagreeing over whether the world of 2100 will have too many people, too few, or just the right number. To sum…

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