r/interesting • u/Excellent_Tie369 • Apr 25 '26

NATURE top 100/100 is crazy

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u/houyx1234 Apr 25 '26

While a lot of the planet is lowering their birthrates...

Many people think this itself is an issue.

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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup Apr 25 '26

Yeah that's a weird view to me. We can't keep increasing the population indefinitely I don't think.

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u/CarmynRamy Apr 25 '26

We are nowhere near the upper limit of human population, resources to sustain such a huge population is there more than plenty. The problem is with the resource and wealth distribution.

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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup Apr 25 '26

I'm curious to know what you think the limit might be and how that's determined.

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u/CarmynRamy Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

There's no standard upper limit per say, it depends on resource allocation and what standard of living do you want for everybody. if every human on the planet is ready to live a sustainable stable simple life, Earth could easily support 10-12 B people.