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It is very easy to shout population control! But once you realise that
if you walk into a African country (say), and tell a man/woman that they
should hav only 1 / 2 children, that you will be viewed as a Western
Cultural Imperialist, you realise that the problem is actually a little
more complicated. There are cultural and economical, but above all,
psychological questions to be answered, and issues to be addressed.
The best thing to be done is a multi-pronged approach:
1. Why has population growth flattened out in many countries (like Western Europe and Japan?): Economic prosperity.
2. How to bring economic prosperity to people without massively depelting earth's resources? Research, research, research.
3.
How to supply energy and raw materials to all? Promote efficiency and
durability - get us off products with "planned obsolesence", and
maximise the impact of other resources - how? Research, research,
research.
Basically, we need an approcah where economic
investment an massive sci-tech research investment goes hand-in-hand. On
all levels. Because chaning man's psychology is nigh-impossible.
Changing conditions whereby we achieve the desired psychological outcome
(want less children, more responsible, better stewardship) is bound to
be more successful.
