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		seanmcdirmid on Feb 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Ocean is Broken (2013) The answer is we don't, at least willingly. We should be optimistic rather than pessimistic. The other answer is to get rich, which lowers birthrates faster than anything else. Beats a modest proposal.

pdonis on Feb 6, 2014 [–]

Just to be clear, I agree with being optimistic rather than pessimistic. I was just wondering if the poster I responded to would be willing to be explicit about how he thinks the reduction of population he claims is needed would be accomplished.

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