"Rand Simberg" wrote in message ...
The Polynesians became a scourge on Easter Island, and elsewhere,
because they didn't control their populations. On Johnston(?) Island
they died out completely.
They were too close to the edge with inadequate technology. We are
not.
They got to the edge in the first place because they didn't control
their population.
Irrelevant in the context of my comment and the current world
situation.
In the case of Easter Island I'd say they got to the edge because
their imagination went overboard and the cult they developed destroyed
them. If you fell all the trees on the island in order to move giant
slabs of rock your problem isn't overpopulation but collective insani-
ty.
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