tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post7941170619545524668..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: Have More Kids!Jean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-68095851028065758262011-06-10T09:03:17.560-05:002011-06-10T09:03:17.560-05:00Ha! I wondered the same thing, but there are no c...Ha! I wondered the same thing, but there are no clues in the book.Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-36606619629482909712011-06-10T00:19:14.871-05:002011-06-10T00:19:14.871-05:00Is this guy Catholic? :)
I find the over-populat...Is this guy Catholic? :)<br /><br />I find the over-population/environmental issues just too strong to support his view.crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-2720807403118093962011-06-09T19:09:53.758-05:002011-06-09T19:09:53.758-05:00I'm trying to understand how "more kids&q...I'm trying to understand how "more kids" could be a long-term solution to the problem of supporting the elderly--that's his argument. It does seem completely hopeless, since each generation will have to have even more kids, ad infinitum.<br /><br />As for environmental problems--he just handwaves, but admits it's an issue.Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-42117304572976621632011-06-09T18:54:56.465-05:002011-06-09T18:54:56.465-05:00the usual "non answers" are:
1) look a...the usual "non answers" are: <br /><br />1) look at malthus, he said the same and he's been proved wrong. <br /><br />2) have faith in technology, we'll find a way to support more and more people. Actually the more people we have, the better chance we have smart scientist who will discover the solution to our environmental problems<br /><br />3) the "singularity", we&#ʦʉʯɰɩɴɘʀɗʟʏʉʧɝʐʂʁʄɻɬnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-30617924089318782552011-06-09T14:13:56.265-05:002011-06-09T14:13:56.265-05:00Global population growth is putting a huge strain ...Global population growth is putting a huge strain on resources and ecosystems, but one could argue that the problem has already been solved -- it's just that we won't see the results until the end of this century. In other words, though birth rates are plunging, global population will continue to rise for several decades yet. A hundred years from now many will likely worry about the Aeolushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772583359516799143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-76448462087893893622011-06-09T13:24:16.649-05:002011-06-09T13:24:16.649-05:00I would love to know how he would respond, because...I would love to know how he would respond, because what you say seems incontestable. I might even track him down and ask, because I'm mystified.Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-81293164796965225102011-06-09T12:47:22.431-05:002011-06-09T12:47:22.431-05:00I think that nothing above the replacement rate ca...I think that nothing above the replacement rate can be proposed as a sane long-term goal, because it causes exponential population growth in a limited ecosystem. <br /><br />We might rediscuss this when human life outside the earth is a reality. <br /><br />So too bad for the retiree. We're just shifting the burden to the next generation, and it fells like a ponzi scheme. Everybody gains ʀʈɖɱɫʔʃɿʬʗʮɿʠɿʌɴɸʋɬʫnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-79759336913501554532011-06-09T11:56:22.212-05:002011-06-09T11:56:22.212-05:00You're overlooking point (4). He says more ch...You're overlooking point (4). He says more children are needed to pay into social security. There used to be 10 per retiree, now there are 5, soon there will be 3. Couples who have more kids will receive no more when they retire, but will effectively put more in. So they are doing something altruistic by having more kids, not something selfish. They are helping the elderly. You would notJean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-73003381486885514272011-06-09T09:52:14.340-05:002011-06-09T09:52:14.340-05:00every year there are 80 million more people.
htt...every year there are 80 million more people. <br /><br />http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met_y=sp_pop_totl&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=world+population<br /><br />that's the population of Germany, but it's not just the newborn, it's the actual net number of newborns-dead people during the year. <br /><br />The picture of a new Germany every year just ɞɚʤʛɔɤʐɯɴʤʎɭɒʑʕʠʇɛɫɤnoreply@blogger.com