Have any authors suggested how to combat overpopulation while maintaining civilization?
>>7728581
Read some data for once
The phenomenon that caused European population to decrease will happen to other populations once they industrialise.
Realistically we just need to improve technology to accommodate the new demanding markets efficiently, so we don't suffer from worse things such as climate change.
Eventually we might actually have the problem of a worldwide decreasing population, and I don't see a solution to that
the two prevailing themes in science-fiction are interstellar colonisation or maintaining a fixed population, IE one born for every one that dies.
>>7728581
Overpopulation is a false, misleading term. There can't even be an overpopulation because there's a limit to how many you can sustain which we haven't reached and won't for a long time because right now we throw away more food than we eat.
>>7728604
This was the best of the high castle ones, it only goes downhill
savor it
>>7728604
We need more of this illustrious artwork.
>>7728719
I think it is funnier in a context with all the other edits, spiralling too more and more creative extremes.