Do it more often. . .with results
Steven Malanga looks at the declining birth rates:
"More than two centuries after English scholar Thomas Malthus argued that population growth exceeded the earth’s ability to feed us—'The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man,' he wrote—the media continue to warn us about impending environmental catastrophe and mass starvation caused by an exploding human population. These Malthusian alarms persist even though the last 200 years have proved Malthus completely wrong. As the world’s population shot up, starting around the time of the Industrial Revolution, worldwide standards of living rose in tandem. People proved far more resourceful in expanding food production, tapping new veins of natural resources, and inventing technologies to accommodate a growing population than Malthus dreamed possible. When mass deprivation has occurred in modern times, it has invariably resulted from political tyranny and social chaos, not from an inability to derive enough resources from the earth."
More:
"Since economic growth depends strongly on an expanding population—something poorly understood until recently—aging countries’ economies face serious problems."
So let's go get 'em. I've done my part; it is now your turn. Note to my children: In marriage.
"More than two centuries after English scholar Thomas Malthus argued that population growth exceeded the earth’s ability to feed us—'The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man,' he wrote—the media continue to warn us about impending environmental catastrophe and mass starvation caused by an exploding human population. These Malthusian alarms persist even though the last 200 years have proved Malthus completely wrong. As the world’s population shot up, starting around the time of the Industrial Revolution, worldwide standards of living rose in tandem. People proved far more resourceful in expanding food production, tapping new veins of natural resources, and inventing technologies to accommodate a growing population than Malthus dreamed possible. When mass deprivation has occurred in modern times, it has invariably resulted from political tyranny and social chaos, not from an inability to derive enough resources from the earth."
More:
"Since economic growth depends strongly on an expanding population—something poorly understood until recently—aging countries’ economies face serious problems."
So let's go get 'em. I've done my part; it is now your turn. Note to my children: In marriage.
There is a chance that your children may see it in a slightly different way.
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Ahh. Good catch. Thanks Joanna.
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