Overpopulation is also the result of increasing longevity
which leads to overconsumption of candles.
( , Thu 18 Apr 2019, 9:20, Share, Reply)
which leads to overconsumption of candles.
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^this
It turns out that raising people out of poverty, improving food production and coming up with treatments for all these diseases has had consequences.
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It turns out that raising people out of poverty, improving food production and coming up with treatments for all these diseases has had consequences.
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But aren't there also some predictions that population will level off as a consequence?
Even now birth rates are decreasing in the West as living standards have increased. One can imagine something similar occurring to other countries as people become more comfortable and less concerned with making babies all the time.
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Even now birth rates are decreasing in the West as living standards have increased. One can imagine something similar occurring to other countries as people become more comfortable and less concerned with making babies all the time.
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Hans Rosling had a good presentation on that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LyzBoHo5EI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LyzBoHo5EI
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Birth rates are NOT decreasing in the West.
It's just decreasing amongst certain types of people in the West.
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It's just decreasing amongst certain types of people in the West.
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Looks like a pretty steady decline to me
data.worldbank.org/indicator/sp.dyn.tfrt.in
( , Fri 19 Apr 2019, 9:18, Share, Reply)
data.worldbank.org/indicator/sp.dyn.tfrt.in
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