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The World’s Population May Peak in Your Lifetime. What Happens Next? (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Why? Reduced headcount = reduced stress on resources. The key is acknowledging specifically where the population has capped, and meeting the needs of those where it hasn't. Also increasing the availability of immigration to smooth these spikes and transitions.

(I am not advocating eugenics or classical overpopulation myths. Only recognizing that if we were in a situation where population was going to say, double, we would have different concerns in 100 years.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah it's a joke of nuclear war happening, causing the massive drop in population growth

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They said what happens NEXT so in the headline, the population caps, THEN the NEXT happens.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I misunderstood "next" as in next from now, instead of next after the peak