On 4/15/2011 4:24, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Back to middle-age, working from dawn to dusk but never past dusk.

Well, sure. Let's kill off 2/3rds of the population. That'll work too.

> Also, local production should be sufficient to sustain all. You might
> spent ten years without going further than 10 km from your home.

Yep. That sure works as long as you don't mind killing almost everyone in 
NYC, LA, Tokyo, Beijing, etc.

That's the problem. The middle ages doesn't support a population of six 
billion. Neither does hunter-gatherer.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Coding without comments is like
    driving without turn signals."

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