[maccam94]

> A much smaller global population... is the only solution

If we can overcome resource and energy scarcity, I don't see why we couldn't support an arbitrarily large population comfortably. Unemployment is not a reason to downsize the population, it just means we're outgrowing or current economic system.

[greghinch]

I guess I just don't hold out much hope for that, at least without massive environmental destruction