Population growth is an existential risk. The HANDY model shows many regimes where self organizing systems grow to the point of catastrophic failure. These models attempt to explain the fall of prior isolated civilizations, including the complete loss of population such as Easter Island and the loss or civilization such as the collapse of Teotihuacan.
Population growth is an existential risk. The HANDY model shows many regimes where self organizing systems grow to the point of catastrophic failure. These models attempt to explain the fall of prior isolated civilizations, including the complete loss of population such as Easter Island and the loss or civilization such as the collapse of Teotihuacan.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800914000615
It would be worthwhile to factor in such risks.