[veryworried]

I see this as a good thing. We need less people in the world, it will be better for the planet, and civilization will be more sustainable. Better to have a highly automated more empty world than a hot crowded one with too many mouths to feed and not enough food to go around.

[odiroot]

Having more people in developed countries wouldn't hurt.

[systemBuilder]

EXACTLY ^^. If population worldwide were to drop 90%, global warming and mass extinctions would end. In the 1970s we all worried about world overpopulation. ZPG - Zero Population Growth was desirable. Today that disaster is here! 90% of the world's population is not changing anything about mankind's future they are just hanging out ... we should focus on a smaller world by population and more productivity for the future of humanity...

I'll tell you why you see these alarmist articles! Greedy business interests! They are programming our minds to think this is a crisis! To these misers it is a crisis because 1% of business growth every year in places like the USA comes from business sitting on its ass - just from population growth!

[apocalypstyx]

I honestly cannot tell if Poe's law is applicable here or not.

[systemBuilder]

Your response is testament to how thoroughly your thoughts are programmed to serve the needs of others...

To clarify, fully 1% of GDP growth which is 16% of real (inflation adjusted) business growth, is from population growth. This is why our business-owned media wants us to think this is a crisis ...