Kuhlemann argues that human overpopulation is the best example of an “unsexy” global catastrophic risk, but this is not taken seriously by the vast majority of global catastrophic risk scholars.
I think the reason overpopulation is generally not taken seriously by the GCR community is that they don’t believe it would be catastrophic. Some believe that there would be a small reduction in per capita income, but greater total utility. Others argue that having more population would actually raise per capita income and could be key to maintaining long-term innovation.
I think the reason overpopulation is generally not taken seriously by the GCR community is that they don’t believe it would be catastrophic. Some believe that there would be a small reduction in per capita income, but greater total utility. Others argue that having more population would actually raise per capita income and could be key to maintaining long-term innovation.