tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083592332331184648.post7294658082394776025..comments2024-03-23T02:47:06.479-07:00Comments on Kerry B. Collison Asia News: When 'invincible' Japan falls prey to poverty, tooKerry B. Collisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939821793284561307noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083592332331184648.post-41239670592882262372010-04-25T15:00:15.113-07:002010-04-25T15:00:15.113-07:00If the problem is too many people on this Earth, t...If the problem is too many people on this Earth, then the global decline in fertility, led by places like Japan, should be welcome news. This suggests that the "limits to growth" issue is self-correcting. As more and more of the young people refuse to get married and have kids, instead preferring to be slackers and just have a good time, the world condition should improve over time. A self-correcting problem.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083592332331184648.post-15237771049599364362010-04-24T19:48:57.307-07:002010-04-24T19:48:57.307-07:00Isn't the real problem based on two facts:
1: ...Isn't the real problem based on two facts:<br />1: people will not readily accept a decline in their standards of living and<br />2: there are just too many people in the world?<br />Even if all "Europeans" (residents of Europe which now includes a very high proportion of Asians and Africans) stopped eating icecream for ever it would make very little difference to the overall problem. Too many people on a finite Earth with finite resources that can be extracted.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179019013104999377noreply@blogger.com