We already tried sterilization and eugenics back in the 1920&#x27;s-1940&#x27;s.<p>A more intelligent and humane approach to overpopulation lies in the recognition of the demographic-economic paradox:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Income_and_fertility" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Income_and_fertility</a><p>&gt;There exists a realizable, evolutionary alternative to our being either atom-bombed into extinction or crowding ourselves off the planet. The alternative is the computer-persuadable veering of big business from its weaponry fixation to accommodation of all humanity at an aerospace level of technology, with the vastly larger, far more enduringly profitable for all, entirely new World Livingry Service Industry. It is statistically evident that the more advanced the living standard, the lower the birth rate.<p>-Buckminster Fuller