Thursday, July 07, 2005
Open Panel Debate
True to my blog's title I would like to open the floor to opinions about the population problem in the world. All comments will be saved so please post frankly and with no fear of judgement. If this recieves any comments and goes well, I hope to repeat such endeavors with other topics.
Here goes...
The world faces a grave problem in this day and age. The human population has spiraled to over seven billion and continues to increase at a staggering rate. Natural resources are becoming very thin and as a result, increasingly expensive. Due to lack of contraception, need for family labor, and various other reasons, the greatest population growth is found in developing countries. Combined with high prices, the gap between the rich and poor, in the most generic sense, expands every day. The poor increase their numbers and become poorer while the rich get richer and more elite.
My prediction for the future if the trend is not reversed is that eventually, the poor countries will become so poor that they will either become drastic and a great war will start or they will die off without bloodshed. Regardless, the population problem will be fixed, but at a great price.
• What possible means can be taken in order to narrow the wealth gap, keep people from reproducing at such absurd rates, and keep developing countries from becoming dependent on wealthy nations?
• In addition, is there also a way to cure the microscopic epidemics that plague the world without increasing the population?
Here goes...
The world faces a grave problem in this day and age. The human population has spiraled to over seven billion and continues to increase at a staggering rate. Natural resources are becoming very thin and as a result, increasingly expensive. Due to lack of contraception, need for family labor, and various other reasons, the greatest population growth is found in developing countries. Combined with high prices, the gap between the rich and poor, in the most generic sense, expands every day. The poor increase their numbers and become poorer while the rich get richer and more elite.
My prediction for the future if the trend is not reversed is that eventually, the poor countries will become so poor that they will either become drastic and a great war will start or they will die off without bloodshed. Regardless, the population problem will be fixed, but at a great price.
• What possible means can be taken in order to narrow the wealth gap, keep people from reproducing at such absurd rates, and keep developing countries from becoming dependent on wealthy nations?
• In addition, is there also a way to cure the microscopic epidemics that plague the world without increasing the population?
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I find that the largest problem with the just letting nature even us out is that before the population is actually cut by a wide spread epidemic or huge war, the quality of life will go way way down.
I like the one child per family plan but it is hard to ask everyone to do that. It seems that the wealthier nations tend to do that on their own so they don't have to pay for the many tuitions or because both of the parents are working and they can't spend time on two children.
At points one just has prioritize because I don't think we can get everything we want. Which is more important, the long term or the short term?
I like the one child per family plan but it is hard to ask everyone to do that. It seems that the wealthier nations tend to do that on their own so they don't have to pay for the many tuitions or because both of the parents are working and they can't spend time on two children.
At points one just has prioritize because I don't think we can get everything we want. Which is more important, the long term or the short term?
Your opinion is very interesting. however, withOUt poor people in random third world countries, Global products like strAwberrY syrup couldnt be produced.
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