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"Contrary to Ehrlich’s 1960s arguments Spears and Geruso convincingly argue that things have improved for humans as our numbers have grown. “Progress comes from people” is their attitude. Rather than using up finite resources, having more people has meant more technological advancements and richer, better lives for everyone." "...this is not the book I expected. Crucially, it argues that reproductive freedom should go hand in hand with raising birth rates." Tom Calver reviews.

It’s time for everyone to engage in the depopulation debate, says Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike. Hosted by Hanna Rosin.

An interview and Q&A for TIME magazine by Belinda Luscombe

Op-ed by Michael Geruso and Dean Spears: "Depopulation might seem welcome. It is true that people caused today’s environmental problems. And it is right to prioritize the challenges of climate change, global poverty and inequality... But falling birthrates are not the answer to our world’s problems."

Americans aren’t just waiting longer to have kids and having fewer once they start—they’re less likely to have any at all.

The global human population has been climbing for the past two centuries. But what is normal for all of us alive today — growing up while the world is growing rapidly — may be a blip in human history.

It may be time to move on from the Repugnant Conclusion.