arf@gagme.chi.il.us (jack schmidling) (03/15/91)
Article 4108 (12 more) in sci.bio: From: szabo@crg5.UUCP (Nick Szabo) (SAME) Subject: Re: Why bother? (was Re: Terraforming, sun shie ARf says: You can write off technology but you can't ignore politics religion or human nature. A significant portion of the population of the planet finds "reliable birth control" to be immoral, illegal, un-macho, unavailable or unknown. Come down from your cloud. The earth is doomed as long as people ignore the obvious. arf
arf@gagme.chi.il.us (jack schmidling) (03/15/91)
Article 4108 (12 more) in sci.bio:
From: szabo@crg5.UUCP (Nick Szabo)
(SAME) Subject: Re: Why bother? (was Re: Terraforming, sun
shield)
>As I pointed out previously, the human race will _not_
expand, because the natural equilibrium population growth
rate with reliable birth control is c. -50% per generation.
This is regardless of any technology except that related to
radically reducing the costs of having children in terms of
money and women's health.
ARf says:
You can write off technology but you can't ignore politics
religion or human nature.
A significant portion of the population of the planet finds
"reliable birth control" to be immoral, illegal, un-macho,
unavailable or unknown.
Come down from your cloud. The earth is doomed as long as
people ignore the obvious.
arf