{"id":25458,"date":"2012-01-16T14:08:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T21:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/reducing-family-sizes-a-success-story.html"},"modified":"2012-01-16T20:32:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T03:32:27","slug":"reducing-family-sizes-a-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/reducing-family-sizes-a-success-story.html","title":{"rendered":"Reducing family sizes: a success story"},"content":{"rendered":"

It's good to occasionally see good news about population control. Well done, Brazil! #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +David Brin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Brazil has undergone a demographic shift so dramatic that it has astonished social scientists. Over the past 50 years, the fertility rate has tumbled from six children per woman on average to fewer than two \u2014 and is now lower than in the United States. This may be of cosmic importance. Yes, cosmic. Because Malthus may be more correct on other planets than he has been for us. A fluke in human nature has meant that everywhere women get health, freedom, prosperity and hope, the vast majority choose small families. This seems counter -darwinian! It may also save us all, giving us time to repair and save the world and cross the danger gap into star-traveling levels of wisdom. Might most other races get trapped into overpopulation busts, as portrayed in 1960s sci-fi and gloom books? Might this explain the Fermi Paradox of missing starfarers? In fact, it may not last more than a couple generations, so let's use this breather well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It's good to occasionally see good news about population control. Well done, Brazil! #ddtb Reshared post from +David Brin Brazil has undergone a demographic shift so dramatic that it has astonished social scientists. 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