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There was 2 billion people on Earth then. It's 7 now and will be 8 by 2024 if nothing changes.
by watt 10y ago
There was 2 billion people on Earth then. It's 7 now and will be 8 by 2024 if nothing changes.
- omegaworks 10y agoTurns out, if you raise people's standards of living, make it possible to invest in their kids, they stop having so many kids. In fact, in Japan and about 48% of the world they're not having enough kids to replace the existing population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility Seems a lot more humane than sterile-by-default until magical government bot decides it's ok for you to continue your genetic lineage. But we're technologists right? We don't care about that fluffy duffy humanity thing. Politics is not worth our time. Sign here to add yourself to the baby waitlist. Party members get priority, of course.