Yeah but by then it will be (is?) totally out of control, Sorceror’s Apprentice style. Too late to change policy.

100%. None of these billionaires actually strike me as particularly well educated about demographics, and belief in overpopulation is incredibly normalized in our society – which I don’t think is an accident. I’ve had lots of arguments with libs and even genuinely leftist people about how overpopulation isn’t a problem, overconsumption is. I believe that all human life has value, and that the environment is primarily being destroyed by and for rich people and their militaries. I think if we get rid of that shit and build a rational agricultural system we can easily live comfortably with this many people, in balance with nature (which I also think is a lot more capable of springing back than many people think).