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first principle of "overpopulation" as not a myth
Principle #1: Human population cannot continue to grow exponentially forever, eventually we'd have so many people that there's only room for each person to stand while squished next to other standing people. At some point human population has to either stabilize or shrink. This is elementary -- a physical quantity cannot grow forever, it must hit one or more constraints at some point.
Maybe our current 8 billions is not too many (although later I'll argue it is), but we can't continue increasing our numbers forever. To me, this is axiomatic, not subject to good faith debate. [The only way to extend human numbers beyond "standing room only" is to ship people into space (or some other dimension), and that's a different topic altogether. Let's limit the current debate to planet Earth.]
And of all the positions I proselytize in this LJ, here is one I've actually lived true in my own life --> I have not contributed my sperm to the creation of a new human. I hope I never do.
Maybe our current 8 billions is not too many (although later I'll argue it is), but we can't continue increasing our numbers forever. To me, this is axiomatic, not subject to good faith debate. [The only way to extend human numbers beyond "standing room only" is to ship people into space (or some other dimension), and that's a different topic altogether. Let's limit the current debate to planet Earth.]
And of all the positions I proselytize in this LJ, here is one I've actually lived true in my own life --> I have not contributed my sperm to the creation of a new human. I hope I never do.