Optimal population and exhaustible resource constraints

Here's a paper saying that Thanos was right and a rational planner would seriously consider snapping their fingers given an optimal resource constraint. https://t.co/nboriQoHVV

This paper is kind of hilarious. It's methodologically fine, but just sort of funny. Basically, the authors show that even pro-population-growth folks may rationally prefer lower population now. https://t.co/nboriQ774n