At least in the story of “Chicken Little” there was only one crazy bird running around unhinged. In the real world it seems we have hundreds. You can’t turn around these days without some “expert” telling you we’re doomed. Here’s the latest in the Paul Ehrlich Overreaction Sweepstakes:

A bestselling author (Steven) Kotler has called octuplets’ mother Nadya Sulamen a ‘murderer’ and warns of overpopulation saying, ‘we need to lose 4.4 billion people.’

“STOP HAVING CHILDREN.” Steven Kotler has declared that responsible adults should stop having children in order to save the planet. Those who are having kids, are being selfish and stealing from the future, the rest of humanity, and “every living thing on the earth,” he wrote. Have too many kids and you should go to jail.

This isn’t a joke. Kotler writes a blog called “The Playing Field” on the Psychology Today Web site. He is a best selling author and an advocate of controlling population growth. His latest solution: a five-year moratorium on having kids.

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