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Topic subjectThe concern is that present trends could lead to exctintion
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13047917, The concern is that present trends could lead to exctintion
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Sun Jul-24-16 07:41 AM
if continue unabated over the long term.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/01/world_population_may_actually_start_declining_not_exploding.html


>where women are now making decisions about the number of
>children they would like to have
>(thank you, contraceptives!)
>whereas the avg number of children was something ridiculous
>like +6
>its falling
>and i say not fast enough
>the worry is that the older age (dependent) population is
>rising much faster
>and its going to be very difficult to support that population
>in future
>the concern is not that there are too few human beings on this
>planet
>its why i support more relaxed migration policies.
>


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