tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post2255422420679628810..comments2023-10-01T00:16:36.045+13:00Comments on Opposable thumb: The jig's upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post-88597765750157932312008-05-22T08:48:00.000+12:002008-05-22T08:48:00.000+12:00I don't mind, as long as the adjustment can be del...I don't mind, as long as the adjustment can be delayed fifty years I won't care cos I'll be dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post-17785510088298533752008-05-16T22:27:00.000+12:002008-05-16T22:27:00.000+12:00Um...."fertility". A most unfortunate typo.Um...."fertility". A most unfortunate typo.Steve Withershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221815213521767405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post-38363196414971210092008-05-16T22:26:00.000+12:002008-05-16T22:26:00.000+12:00One way back to relative plenty would be to stop i...One way back to relative plenty would be to stop incenting people to have more babies than they would otherwise have. Current population trends would see a gradual reduction in population in many countries if policy makers would only allow it to actually happen. The pyramid scheme currently operating says each generation coming up must outnumber the one before it in order to be able to "afford" the relatively narrow window when the passing elders have ceased work. In reality, we baby boomers will likely work until we drop and the imagine cost may actually be much smaller than we have been warned of. <BR/><BR/>If we work to alleviate crushing poverty and allow women globally to control their fartility, all the evidence to date shows that the trend in population will be a downward one. A world 200 years from now with 1 or 2 billion people could be a harmonious place of relative plenty. The REAL problem today is human population and it's almost impossible to have a rational discussion on the matter without people irrationally leaping to scenarios of genocide, mass murder and coercion.Steve Withershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221815213521767405noreply@blogger.com