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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
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On 03/11/2024 19:49, Peter Flass wrote:
> John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
>> According to Charlie Gibbs  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>:
>>> On 2024-10-27, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
>>>>> My back-of-the-envelope calculation tells me that if we continue
>>>>> to double our population every 40 years, ...
>>>>
>>>> You might want to get some numbers for your envelope more recent than the 1950s.
>>>>
>>>> Here's a good place to start:
>>>>
>>>> https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/TOT/900
>>>
>>> Thanks for the link.  Let's see how hard the government works
>>> (e.g. baby bonuses) to get that extra 0.5 child per household.
>>
>> I have no idea what you mean by "the government" when talking about
>> world population, but national governments including China, Japan, and
>> many European countries have tried to get fertility rates back up.
>> They have all been complete failures.
>>
> 
> I’m just wondering how much of the decline is individual choice and how
> much is due to all the chemicals we keep pumping into the environment.
> 

I am not sure its chemicals,
Maybe I am imagining it, but the way I feel in - say the Mojave desert, 
as to how I felt in - say New York, is massive.

The sheer quantity of humanity puts me right off.
I think people who have access to contraceptives tend to use them these 
days to limit kids till it 'feels right'


-- 
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that 
the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."

    - Bertrand Russell