Eq0 comments on The tipping point: what happens when deaths outnumber births?

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I’m so confused by these articles. They present the matter as a completely new problem, while it has been a known and slowly evolving situation since longer than I’ve been alive…

permalink

fedilink

source

hideshow 2 child comments

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 point 6 months ago* (1 child)

And before that, the worry was Malthusian overpopulation. (Which would be a much bigger problem if it had happened)

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 2 points 6 months ago

Oh, I remember my grandparents going on about it! Doomsday scenarios of hunger because of exponential population growth versus linear agricultural growth!

permalink

fedilink

source

parent