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		samatman on Sept 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wildlife in ‘catastrophic decline’ due to human de... The second derivative of population is decidedly negative, as is the slope throughout the high-consumption regions of the world; optimism on that front is rational.

giantg2 on Sept 12, 2020 [–]

We'll all be long dead before that results in a population less than today's, so I guess it's a moot point either way.

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