Редактирование: Life extension and overpopulation risk (раздел)

== Deconstructing overpopulation ==
When faced with statistics and projections, many people still have concerns none the less. These can break down into ideas such as:<ref>[https://pirate.london/2017/01/deconstructing-overpopulation-for-life-extensionists/ Deconstructing overpopulation for life extensionists]</ref>
* General environmental sustainability - The increasing damage to the environment is cause by mankind, therefore 'overpopulation' can be proxy for 'concerns for environmental sustainability'
* [[Dysgenics]] - As archetypally portrayed in Idiocracy,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy</ref> there exists in society certain perverse incentives to reproduce, such as financial and housing benefits which need to be addressed as a part of a general population strategy as anyone who's watched day time talk shows may be aware
* Penalisation of the childless - For people who choose not to have children for various reasons, they are forced to support those who do which is another unsolved problem of the current welfare state
* We are currently over capacity<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_capacity</ref> - Some environmental groups argue mankind has already exceeded its carrying capacity and a significant ''reduction'' is required
* Localised instability - Factors like immigration into small towns are increasingly politicised where a local services are improperly funded to handle the consequences of this
* Aging population - The population is getting older, less able to work and more reliant on social security institutions. Which is a great argument for increasing [[healthspan]], not just lifespan!<ref>http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/06/08/scientists-more-worried-than-public-about-worlds-growing-population/</ref>