[xg15]

I'm assuming you mean "population decline due to death of old age and more empowerment not to have children".

Even then, this would only work until the population has shrunk to a certain point. Then what?

Maybe a more useful way forward would be to question if we need perpetual growth at all.

[fallingknife]

That's the type the article is talking about. But it could also mean starvation, disease, war, or genocide. The mechanism doesn't change the math.

[xg15]

Indeed, and if it's necessary, then it's necessary, right?