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by maximus-decimus 1808 days ago
If you fold a piece of paper 42 times, it reaches the moon.

Exponential growth is not sustainable. You simply cannot have "above replacement rates" of kids forever. The Earth population has doubled in the last 50 years. If we're already worried about our pollution levels right now, I certainly don't think we should double our population again over the next half-century.