Why has the human population increased so much in the last few centuries, although we actually invented effective birth control methods?

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Why has the human population increased so much in the last few centuries, although we actually invented effective birth control methods?

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Answer 1

The human brain is garbage at understanding exponential growth. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_and_chessboard_problem

We’re only built to understand linear growth, but human population is in a terminal exponential curve now.