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Who in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Aurelius@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The alternative wasn't a reasonable population, it was billions starving. The solution was, and still is, giving women better control over whether or not they have children.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago

Even more are going to starve when we run out of fossil fuels and can no longer sustain the agriculture required to feed the now massively inflated population. Not to mention all the other damage having so many more people is doing to the world that is also probably going to kill us even if we solve the resource problem.