While ever larger obviously can’t work in the theoretical sense, I think the original post still stands for why the ideal population is larger than it is now.
For the past 150 years, the prices of resources have been falling, and their availability rising.
When this trend stops—there’ll definitely be an argument for halting growth. But as things stand now, it seems clear that we’re still below capacity.
While ever larger obviously can’t work in the theoretical sense, I think the original post still stands for why the ideal population is larger than it is now. For the past 150 years, the prices of resources have been falling, and their availability rising. When this trend stops—there’ll definitely be an argument for halting growth. But as things stand now, it seems clear that we’re still below capacity.