ENDINGS - how Man will survive or fail

Wealth means fewer children

2009-11-06T23:20:57Z

It surprises me that people still sheepishly ask us, “But won’t this (health aid) lead to overpopulation?” Women will naturally have fewer children if they know their kids have a greater chance of survival. Knowing that is really key. Melinda Gat...

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Nothing is likely to turn up by itself

2009-10-02T21:50:17Z

I will go with the activist, but we really cannot tell who will turn out right. Can homo sapiens – self-styled – have the wisdom to learn to manage fertility for the common good? It is a unique experiment. We have examples of other species bein...

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A personal question

2009-09-25T22:04:04Z

I have read and browsed a long series of books on current and future human conditions. Most authors are concerned about the future of man, most are expressing a certain optimism, some are reluctant to express a clear opinion and advice. This si...

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A difficult set of problems to solve

2009-09-25T21:51:07Z

In this wider perspective it is clearly far too soon to judge whether modern industrialized societies, with their very high rates of energy and resource consumption and high pollution levels, and the rapidly rising human population in the rest of...

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Smart voters

2009-09-05T22:33:18Z

We can have a country of smart voters. I hope we make the changes needed to have this kind of country. It would be a nice place in which to love. Rick Shenkman in JUST HOW STUPID ARE WE?, 2008

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Peace zones

2009-09-05T22:25:42Z

------ 24. If the countries of the Third World do not succeed in controlling their population, than the countries having a population control need to create for it selves large autonomous peace zones. Only in such zones will it be possible t...

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Waiting for collapse

2009-06-20T22:18:57Z

So what are we to do in the meantime, while we wait for collapse, followed by good things? It's no use wasting your energy, running yourself ragged and ageing prematurely, so get plenty of rest, and try to live a slow and measured life. One of th...

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Preparations for collapse

2009-05-18T19:52:10Z

For those who believe that your survival probabilities and living standards during and after our Societal Collapse will be optimized through some type of preparation, you might consider one of the following strategies. target. - Educate Yourse...

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The future has regained some of the inscrutability of once.

2009-05-09T20:49:05Z

In four respects Today stands in contrast to Yesterday (about 1750 – Today). First, the future has regained some of the inscrutability it possessed during the Distant Past (up to about 1750). Second, the marriage of science and technology has rev...

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A proposal that may change people and the future

2009-05-09T20:41:05Z

As a way of inducing reflection I frequently ask people to write their own epitaphs. This exercise in summarizing their lives in a few words inevitably produces puzzlement and often results in som humorous and self-denigrating responses. Among th...

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