On 1/3/2012 8:55 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 12/28/2011 3:18, Warp wrote:
>> And humanity is doing little to help
>> this, even though it's a very well known problem.
>
> The best thing to do about this is to have fewer children. I don't see
> that going down well anywhere except maybe China.
>
Actually, birth rates are lower among a) the educated, b) in cities, and 
c) among prosperous nations. Its higher in a subset of the later, only 
where a) there is poor education, b) its a rural area, c) its a poor 
neighborhood. Its really bad in places where a) is nearly nonexistent, 
or undermined, b) every place is rural, and c) its so poor that you need 
3-4 children, to make sure there is at least one survivor.

Stupidly, a lot of both religious people, and left wing flower power 
types a) have warped ideas as to what constitutes good education, b) 
hate cities, or believe you should have lots of kids anyway, and c) may 
not be poor enough to realize that their success at having 4-18+ kids is 
**not** normal for everyone.

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