Yes, but the opposite way you might be thinking since mass death from war and other catastrophe is strongly correlated with very high birth rates. We’re on track for the global population to stabilize around 10 billion right now, but if billions die in a world war we will probably go exponential again for a long time.
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Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Depends on how many humans die.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
The tools that would kill enough humans to matter would hurt the biosphere much worse than it hurts humans. Otters and bees don’t have gas masks and nuclear shelters.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Think Covid but with purpose.