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n Tuesday, according to the United Nations, the global population reached eight billion. In 1927, it was just two billion, having taken about 123 years to double. No wonder, then, that in the past two centuries, fears that the growing population would overwhelm the Earth’s resources and lead to misery and war have kept recurring. But this