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by nyokodo 1806 days ago
> Many of the largest problems in the world would be fixed by a smaller human population. Food, housing scarcity, climate change...

What we’re seeing is the beginning of a sudden and massive drop in the working population across vast regions of the planet. That’s a recipe for famine, decaying infrastructure, war, burning wood and coal instead of maintaining sophisticated energy infrastructure.