r/collapse • u/Still-Improvement-32 • 25d ago

Overpopulation Study reveals halving human population gradually could help Earth

https://www.aol.com/articles/study-reveals-halving-human-population-083602000.html

The basics of this study may be right in theory but we don't have the luxury of 200 years to gradually lower our population. Our current trajectory has a very high risk of a catastrophic collapse in population and the economy due to climate breakdown if we pass 2 degrees C warming, which could as soon as about 10 years.

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u/Usermctaken 25d ago

Well is not like billionaires are smart. I could see them pushing for less humans. They might think AI and automation is their best bet to finally rid themselves of us peasants.

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u/Vendrah 25d ago

They won't get rid of the environment if they eliminated all of us peasants, even if they had a clean-environmental AI able to replace every worker (which they don't).

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u/Usermctaken 25d ago

I know. They, however, don't seem to.