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title: "EP #31 The Benefits of Population Growth w/ Dr. Marian L. Tupy & Dr. Gale L. Pooley"
description: Marian, Gale, and Peter discuss the meaning of SuperAbundance, how the world is the best it’s ever been, and go over a variety of different commodities that have become increasingly cheaper and accessible to the worldwide population.
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# [EP #31 The Benefits of Population Growth w/ Dr. Marian L. Tupy & Dr. Gale L. Pooley](https://www.diamandis.com/podcast/marian-tupy-and-gale-pooley)

 Written by [Peter H. Diamandis](https://www.diamandis.com/podcast/author/peter-h-diamandis) | Mar 9, 2023 8:00:00 AM

In this episode, Marian, Gale, and Peter discuss the meaning of SuperAbundance, how the world is the best it’s ever been, and go over a variety of different commodities that have become increasingly cheaper and accessible to the worldwide population.

## You will learn about:

- 10:16 | Everything is becoming abundantly cheaper.
- 35:16 | Will we be overpopulated, or will we be underpopulated?
- 53:36 | Screw the good old days!

Dr. Marian L. Tupy is the editor of HumanProgress.org, and the co-author of *Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting. *Dr. Gale L. Pooley is an associate professor at Brigham Young University–Hawaii and co-authored the [Simon Abundance Index](https://www.humanprogress.org/the-simon-abundance-index-2021/) alongside Dr. Tupy. Their new book, [*Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet, *](https://www.superabundance.com/)*is available everywhere. *

Learn more about their book, [Superabundance, ](https://www.superabundance.com/)and their project, [Human Progress](https://www.humanprogress.org/). 

### Resources

How the [Growth in Population X Resource Abundance](https://youtu.be/VzU7iP0JmGc) was created.

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