What features of your daily life do you expect to be improved by a further increase in population?

The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another . . . But this is the conclusion reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing a commons. Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit — in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.

Never globalize a problem if it can possibly be dealt with locally.

The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.

You can never do merely one thing. The law applies to any action that changes something in a complex system. The point is that an action taken to alleviate a problem will trigger several effects, some of which may offset or even negate the one intended.