It’s clear that we will need to do more to prevent the suffering of millions (or billions) of people, but nature has a way of forcing balance. If it is unsustainable, our population WILL reduce. Eventually we will reach an equilibrium or a cyclical growth-and-decline in population. It is pretty clear that we will not be able to have an unlimited growth in population and remain on one planet, and with space travel and off-world living being prohibitively expensive in the near term, we are going to have to face the limit in population.
The one way out is by limiting population growth. Most advanced OECD countries have had limited growth, and much of that has been through immigration. By raising the standard of living, societies seem to reach that equilibrium quicker. Better social and economic standards will be the best way out for our human society.
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