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Originally Posted by Uncle Bully
I thought automation was supposed to take away many of our jobs? Why do we still need a rapidly growing workforce if the workforce is going to be displaced by robots anyway? And what about overpopulation? Is that not a problem anymore?
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Overpopulation, never was a problem those who believed in Thomas Malfus’s theory were lied to, take in mind the U.S could comfortable support a third of the population density of Great Britain by itself, which would be 1 billion people, and we are nowhere near that number. Especially as Technology moves along the planet could probably support 10+ billion people and the highest estimated I have seen for population is 11 billion people before it declines. I think every time someone has come along screaming overpopulation, another person has invented something that made the first guy look like an idiot. I believe this trend will keep going.
BBC - Earth - How many people can our planet really support?
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