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The earth won't be full until we've turned every available inch of fertile soil into farm land. And that includes what ever the Dutch can do to to farm on ex-ocean floor.

I'd rather avoid that scenario though. Luckily as their development continues, birth rates in the developing world are dropping. I'm fairly hopeful that global population growth will peak within our life times.

Also, growing an economy on the back of a growing population is the easiest way to grow but not the only one.

You can produce more and more valuable things with a static population.




> I'm fairly hopeful that global population growth will peak within our life times.

2075, at <10 billion, according to a study that I can't find at the moment...




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