tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post8133141776752274755..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: Racing to a tenSriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-92210663492113121852016-09-08T10:48:08.207-07:002016-09-08T10:48:08.207-07:00Hello people, I don't want to engage in a disc...Hello people, I don't want to engage in a discussion of why Malthusian thinking is wrong. (It is absolutely wrong. We will be able to feed them all. There is no limits to the number of humans who can prosper. On this one, I am a four-star General Goodhope, as students in my classes find out, and much to the displeasure of my neo-Malthusian faculty colleagues)<br /><br />I was trying to get across the dilemma that most of us face in many arenas: Intellectually we might understand the logic and evidence. But, it is a struggle to keep that gut-instincts away.<br /><br />In the next post, I have killed Captain Goodhope ;)Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-88164558111477729152016-09-08T08:41:50.663-07:002016-09-08T08:41:50.663-07:00MAJOR Buzzkill
GENERAL Malaise
CAPTAIN Goodhope
W...MAJOR Buzzkill<br />GENERAL Malaise<br />CAPTAIN Goodhope<br /><br />Why is the positive one the lowest ranking???Anne in Salemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-28123627331492776172016-09-07T20:41:09.670-07:002016-09-07T20:41:09.670-07:00Interesting that China is the only country with a ...Interesting that China is the only country with a decreasing population on that last chart. I guess limiting population growth succeeded.<br /><br />Interesting that such poor countries are on the last list. I wonder how many of those 212 million new Nigerians will live to adulthood. Will diseases be eradicated enough that children will survive and thrive?<br /><br />The age reversal will make for interesting economic policies in many countries.<br /><br />And how in the world, pun intended, are we to feed all these people??Anne in Salemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-56957835375895692322016-09-07T18:12:36.695-07:002016-09-07T18:12:36.695-07:00It is not some distant future that will be the tyr...It is not some distant future that will be the tyranny of the old. It already is. We are the ones gobbling up the resources - monetary and otherwise and leaving a debt to our children. But that is another story.<br /><br />I am not sure why the situation is causing Major Buzzkill sleepless nights. The world population will stabilise shortly and will not grow further. So that's going to be the max. The slow decline will be very very very slow and extend over many millennia. If we live longer and healthier, and every indication is that we will, then the species is not in terminal decline. Resources are also not finite - its a matter of time when resources from outside of Planet Earth will be tapped. In which case there will be almost limitless resources.<br /><br />So its time for Captain Goodhope :)Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-9907310193306898052016-09-07T18:03:45.251-07:002016-09-07T18:03:45.251-07:00I once charted out the birth and death rates in ev...I once charted out the birth and death rates in every nation on a whim (I probably had a paper I was avoiding) and noted that much of Europe is stagnating or even declining in population. When you look at the United States, those with European ancestry have the same trends. Malthus may have been incorrect with his numbers and the reason humanity would stop growing (clearly, since a lack of food is no problem in this country) but we do seem to hit a point where only so many humans occupy one region.Mike Hothnoreply@blogger.com