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Ignorant question: Are there enough resources on the planet to raise all the third world countries' standard of living to the point where stasis would happen on its own?
I thought I read somewhere that, according to current population projections, in the late 21st century or so the population will peak around 11 billion, experience a drastic fall-off due to disease and famine, and then plateau at a static level of about 8 billion.
All this is of course barring the development of life-extending technology, off-world colonization, or some idiot with a bunch of nukes.
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