Population control

"In the future, humane methods will be needed to control and to diminish human populations."

"The human population will have to become much smaller in the future, hopefully by human will and through compassionate means. If not, then nature will devastate the human population—nature, conflict and war.

You will have a smaller world to live in. Perhaps only a billion people could live here, maybe two, but not much more. That is with your advanced technology and your best efforts, a strong international community, tremendous cooperation and the mitigation and the limiting of conflict and war. In other words, if everything is done well and correctly, with immense human contribution, you will still have to have a small world population."

Further study

• The New World, Chapter 4: The Plight of Humanity

• The New World, Chapter 10: Preventing Collapse and the Wars of Desperation

• Life in the Universe, Chapter 5: Technology and the Different Paths to Stability