A 1960 article that forecast doomsday for Friday, 13 November 2026 is being revisited as an example of how extrapolating past trends can oversimplify complex systems. Readers note that demographic projections now point toward peak population and decline in many industrialized nations, shifting concerns from overpopulation to economic dependence on growth. The discussion debates whether population pressure or political and distributional choices drive crises, and whether economies must be restructured for a world without continual growth.