A larger population has network effects: scientific progress is faster because a discovery by one person affects the entire population, economies of scale allow for better standards of living. The market is more efficient, which makes society as a whole more resilient to adverse events (e.g. during covid masks and vaccines were produced en masse very rapidly)
A larger population has network effects: scientific progress is faster because a discovery by one person affects the entire population, economies of scale allow for better standards of living. The market is more efficient, which makes society as a whole more resilient to adverse events (e.g. during covid masks and vaccines were produced en masse very rapidly)