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>I'm not shivering in a cave drinking water, sitting in the dark, and wondering if I'll get lucky and catch a squirrel to eat tomorrow. That is, if I can walk o
by SeeDave 6y ago
>I'm not shivering in a cave drinking water, sitting in the dark, and wondering if I'll get lucky and catch a squirrel to eat tomorrow. That is, if I can walk on my broken ankle.
Sadly, there are millions of people who live in conditions not to dissimilar from this. Technology might not always help.
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- Isinlor 6y agoAnti conception and medicine helps a lot with making sure that population in extreme poverty is not growing in exponential way. It gives us chance to take care of our kids. As opposed to having 6-10 kids per couple hoping that two will survive.
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoPopulations with high birthrates are in many cases spurred by the need for laborers on the family’s subsistence farm. Giving anti-conception and medicine isn't enough, they need to be offered opportunities beyond subsistence farming.
- Isinlor 6y agoYes, absolutely, a lot of things have to go right for people to lift themselves out of poverty. We all need education, stable political climate etc.
- BerislavLopac 6y ago"The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed." William Gibson