So basically: overpopulation is bad, therefore human death is a good thing, therefore curing disease is bad.
This argument is simultaneously (1) viscerally horrifying and (2) completely wrong.
It is wrong because curing disease does not increase population growth rate. Birth rate is extremely well-correlated with infant mortality rate, and pretty well anticorrelated with both life expectancy and quality of life. That's why the countries with the highest population growth rates also have some of the highest mortality rates. If you want to stop overpopulation, you should target common causes of death, especially those that afflict young children.
This argument is simultaneously (1) viscerally horrifying and (2) completely wrong.
It is wrong because curing disease does not increase population growth rate. Birth rate is extremely well-correlated with infant mortality rate, and pretty well anticorrelated with both life expectancy and quality of life. That's why the countries with the highest population growth rates also have some of the highest mortality rates. If you want to stop overpopulation, you should target common causes of death, especially those that afflict young children.
Which is exactly what Bill Gates is doing.