Cornucopian Paradigm
	1. The mind is the ultimate resource—we can solve any problem. 2. Progress happens via economic growth, which will continue unabated and eventually allow all people to be materially well-off. 3. This would lead to a global “Benign Demographic Transition,” as people decide to have fewer children. 4. All societies would remain populous, but prosperous, and global political tensions would be minimal.
		These assumptions narrowly constrain the range of possibilities considered by the economic and traditional human population models, and are not supported by scientific evidence.