Review: After the Spike

Review of "After the Spike: The Risks of Global Depopulation and the Case for People" by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso

I’ll be honest: I opened this book expecting to disagree with it. My stance was simple – that somewhat fewer people would probably be better for the planet – and the cover alone seems to argue for more people.

My views were that long-term, we’d be better off with a lower population, given we are arguably in significant overshoot in terms of sustainable r…