Austerity is the opposite of an answer. Putting personal in front of it is cute and Orwellian. Consumerism is a plague in slow motion. Not just for humans but everything they interact with. Simple simple steps will have earth shattering consequence. If lazy double dipping yellow belly boomers did not turncoat on us. We would not be in this mess. They enjoyed full employment railed against the system with flower power. Then when the chips we're down cowards said fuck you hippy gib me duh mulla. Fought fake inflation acquired dirt cheap property and accelerated the consumer age. To keep financing there fetishes at cost of the lives of 10% of America. Untold millions around this planet. I understand the premise of this book. I'm not sure I am buying it. We have historical evidence of what happens when you mess with population. Eugenics in 1900's eventually being exported to germany. That one was a doozy. Mao's one child policy in china combined with kill all the smart people and send them to the farm. If they only did the first part and made it regenerative china may have been the 2nd or 3rd green revolution. Fixed some of the draw backs of the U.s mexico version in the 1930's. They have diverse enough climates and the population's to really get creative. Added bonuses no profit driven valueless rent seeking parasitical F.i.r.e sector legal corporate state approved cartels. Nor Supranational global supply chains. All these monstrositys like Monsanto ,IMF,brazilian beef ,can't forget about nestle had yet to show the depth and reach of there depravity. All causing over production and harmfull short term strategy just for smackaroos. Lets not forget about dear old Mathius. If you put his name plus Ireland in google you can spend days reading about all the good it accomplished. Some saving grace planned parenthood easy access to heath care and contraception works phenomenal. Birth rates in most western places are 1. Something percent. Less than 100 years ago the average was 10-14. As many as you can force your wife to push out. While still being able to stand over the hearth and not die. I'm not trying to get into the next one it is debatable. I think running water an electricity does not get enough attention. Its a rock and hard place. Other than religion and condoms shaming probably cause the so called third worlds birth rates to drop like a stone. Everyone on all sides has and agenda. Its obvious this is a hot topic. Everyone has diffrent numbers depending who you ask. We live on a finite planet ,can't keep goin like this. Genocide and mass die off do everything but what you think they will. They also cost human potential. All the jew scientist durings ww2 a population with on average highest IQ for example. Another out there demonstration guy from india no formal schooling. From the slums solved some of most difficult math equations in existence. Still finding uses for them to this day. When the tech they we're applicable to did not exist yet. Before you go on your tirades. I'm only saying exhaust all possible solutions. Fasting,eat lower on the food chain,localize,increases in efficiency,drop capatalism,free-markets,other religious dogma.
Verticle farming,thermophilic composting to restore soil,end mono-cropping,manage reasorces more effectively no profit motive. Is any of that more outlandish and insane than mass sterilization or voluntarily suicide or worse? Historically the evidence of that path goes completely in the other direction. For the love of god agree to reach a consensus. On a number or range of numbers for the Carriering Capacity. 100million-3billion-10billion and it dropping off is way more than 5% statistical error margin.
Srinivasa Ramanujan