I haven't looked into it, but my gut feeling is that while overpopulation might cause enormous suffering and widespread death, it's probably unlikely to make the human species extinct. There will always be rich, powerful people who can monopolise and control whatever resources are available, and you can be damn sure they'll reproduce.
When will the human species go extinct?
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I haven't looked into it, but my gut feeling is that while overpopulation might cause enormous suffering and widespread death, it's probably unlikely to make the human species extinct. There will always be rich, powerful people who can monopolise and control whatever resources are available, and you can be damn sure they'll reproduce.