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The tipping point: what happens when deaths outnumber births? (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

And before that, the worry was Malthusian overpopulation. (Which would be a much bigger problem if it had happened)

[โ€“] Eq0@literature.cafe 1 points 4 months ago

Oh, I remember my grandparents going on about it! Doomsday scenarios of hunger because of exponential population growth versus linear agricultural growth!