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comment by NotPhil
NotPhil  ·  4775 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Behavioral Sink - How Do You Design A Utopia
It is odd that all the recent worry over the world's population is about an impending scarcity of resources instead of the effects of overcrowding.

I don't find the researcher's conclusion that overcrowding results in violence and withdrawal overly surprising, but I am a little puzzled by some of the politicized reactions to his research. Why suggest that we discourage a cosmopolitan outlook and abandon welfare instead of suggesting that we improve urban planning?