Comments on: Book review – Should We Control World Population?

By: Book review – The Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:20:15 +0000

[…] to a right-sized, steady-state economy. The other, unfortunately less surprising omission, is the matter of overpopulation. Though Erickson acknowledges that “depletion and pollution have accelerated to meet the […]

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By: Book review – Techno-Fix: Why Technology Won’t Save Us or the Environment | The Inquisitive Biologist

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:29:39 +0000

[…] authors do. Shame, then, that they do not dedicate a chapter to the thorny questions of whether we should control world population, what population size is optimal for the planet, and how many children to have (if […]

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By: Book review – Planetary Accounting: Quantifying How to Live Within Planetary Limits at Different Scales of Human Activity | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:55:12 +0000

[…] population growth. I know that I am starting to sound like a stuck record, but should there be a population quota? Depending on living standards plugged into your equations, some authors have tentatively concluded […]

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By: Book review – Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:38:40 +0000

[…] up overpopulation. If we are talking about practising self-limitation, the questions of whether we should control world population, what population size is optimal for the planet, and how many children to have (if any) are the big […]

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By: Book review – Time and the Generations: Population Ethics for a Diminishing Planet | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 15 May 2020 14:11:29 +0000

[…] formulating policies how to achieve optimum global population. Luckily, others are starting to be willing to discuss this. Equally important will be the tough discussion on how we can change our behaviour so as to live […]

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By: Book review – More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources – And What Happens Next | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:09:08 +0000

[…] I do think current numbers already have an outsized environmental impact, so the questions posed in Should We Control World Population? remain on the table for me. That leaves Affluence, which is increasing rapidly globally. Eileen […]

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By: Book review – Abundant Earth: Toward an Ecological Civilization | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:58:33 +0000

[…] of this blog will know my thoughts on this. For others, I will just leave you with my review of Should We Control World Population? and references therein. (My answer, by the way, is […]

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By: Book review – Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 03 May 2019 15:56:57 +0000

[…] important book, because it is. And perhaps the answer to Coole’s question (see my review of Should We Control World Population?) is “we do not need to, it is already happening”. Though I might not share the […]

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By: Book review – The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 08:58:30 +0000

[…] not addressing overpopulation feels like a serious omission. It is a thorny topic (see my review of Should We Control World Population?), but if you want to talk solutions, addressing it should be a vital part of a multi-pronged […]

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By: Book review – The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 08:26:23 +0000

[…] willing to connect the dots and call out the rather intractable problem of overpopulation (but see Should We Control World Population? to make a […]

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