Good morning! On this first Tuesday in February, you are all invited to read through Wikipedia’s List of common misconceptions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions) per ancient xkcd custom.
@LucasWerkmeister TIL:
Although the human population of Earth is increasing, the rate of human population growth is decreasing and the world population is expected to peak and then begin falling during the 21st century. Improvements in agricultural productivity and technology are expected to be able to meet anticipated increased demand for resources, making a global human overpopulation scenario unlikely.
I'd heard that the population was expected to peak sometime around 2050 (very approximately), but I was also given to understand that depletion of global production resources was likely to result in shortages before that.
Good to know that my information is outdated! ^.^