re: #475 LudwigVanQuixote

re: #479 Killgore Trout

Overpopulation: Resurgent Myth

I think it is going to take a lot longer to overpopulate than people think. The world and people have a funny knack of figuring it out. I agree Kilgore, I think it will happen eventually. Of course, we will have a Jedi Council by then. :)

A good thing about massive infectious diseases (such as the plague…okay, not really a good thing, but something good that came out of it) is that once an infectious disease goes through a population, it reduces the strain on resources and can bring about a golden age of production following the strains run. Some people think part of the success of the renaissance was the fact that the plaque reduced the number of people straining resources.