The larger the population, the more people at the high end of the standard distribution for intelligence and other desirable attributes.
Those are the people who figure out how to do things that make life better for us all.
6 posted on 07/20/2011 7:32:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." - Bertrand de Jouvenel des Ursins)
Depends on who is breeding. If Welfare mothers are breeding like rabbits and those with high intelligence only have one child, civilization will soon end.