"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)

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  Decades ago, researchers raised alarms about the existential dangers posed by uncontrolled demographic expansion across the globe. Scientist Heinz von Foerster outlined a mathematical doomsday scenario driven purely by exponential human reproduction rates. His modeling suggested that unchecked growth would eventually overwhelm the planet's physical capacity to sustain the population.

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