Historically, global population increase has correlated pretty well with increases in measures of overall health, wealth and quality of life. What empirical evidence do you derive your theory that zero or negative population growth would be better for these measures from?
The peak oil literature and global climate change is something that has made me seriously reconsider the classic liberal viewpoint towards population control.
Also, The reflective consistency of the population control logic. Cultures that restrict their reproduction for altruistic reasons will die out, leaving the earth for selfish replicators who will , if left uncontrolled, take every person’s living standards back to square one. Population control will be on the agenda of even a moral singleton.
I live in India and have seen China overtake India bigtime because of a lot of institutional improvement, but also because of the simple fact that they controlled their population. People talk about India’s demographic dividend but we are not even able to educate and provide basic hygiene and health to our children to take advantage of this dividend.
I’ve seen the demographic transition in action everywhere in the world and it seems like a good thing to happen to societies.
Setting up an incentive system that rewards altruistic control of reproduction, careful creation of children and sustainability seems to be an overall plus to me.
My only concern is if this starts a level-2 status game where more children become a status good and political pressure increases the quotas beyond sustainability.
Historically, global population increase has correlated pretty well with increases in measures of overall health, wealth and quality of life. What empirical evidence do you derive your theory that zero or negative population growth would be better for these measures from?
The peak oil literature and global climate change is something that has made me seriously reconsider the classic liberal viewpoint towards population control.
Also, The reflective consistency of the population control logic. Cultures that restrict their reproduction for altruistic reasons will die out, leaving the earth for selfish replicators who will , if left uncontrolled, take every person’s living standards back to square one. Population control will be on the agenda of even a moral singleton.
I live in India and have seen China overtake India bigtime because of a lot of institutional improvement, but also because of the simple fact that they controlled their population. People talk about India’s demographic dividend but we are not even able to educate and provide basic hygiene and health to our children to take advantage of this dividend. I’ve seen the demographic transition in action everywhere in the world and it seems like a good thing to happen to societies.
Setting up an incentive system that rewards altruistic control of reproduction, careful creation of children and sustainability seems to be an overall plus to me.
My only concern is if this starts a level-2 status game where more children become a status good and political pressure increases the quotas beyond sustainability.