On 5 March 2014 08:05, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > But there's no rule that there have to be 7 billion people (and going to > 9). Where ever the Enlightenment and technology have displaced religion > and poverty the birthrate has dropped to below replacement. > > Specifically in places where women have equal rights, at least according to Fred Pearce. In places where women have a choice of career or children, but not provision for being able to have both, the birth rate tends to go into a death spiral.
Although in places where women *can* have both careers and children, there is a knock on generational problem with kids running into more psychological problems in later life. Nothing is simple. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
