[The principal characteristic of this economic epoch is] a sustained increase in per capita or per worker product, most often accompanied by an increase in population and usually sweeping structural changes. Simon Kuznets
Increasing food production to feed an increased population results in yet another increase in population. Daniel Quinn
China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming. Frank Gehry