[mcv]

The world population is unlikely to double again. In fact, a lot of countries have shrinking populations. And you know what reduces both population growth and poverty? Education.

I strongly disagree with your defeatism. We have the ability to solve problems, and we have done so in the past. We could do so again. The only thing we lack is the political will.

[leaveyou]

Good intentions and high hopes are worth close to 0. IMHO at least one of us is badly disconnected from reality. In my part of the world "we" fail to educate our kids worse than ever, how on earth are "we" gonna educate the rest 3-4 billion people.. "Somebody do something !!!"

[jacquesm]

> IMHO at least one of us is badly disconnected from reality.

I agree with you there but probably don't agree with you on who that is.

Good intentions are a start, and are worth a lot more than bad intentions, apathy and defeatism.

'Somebody do something' is much better than 'don't threaten my lifestyle'. Better still is 'I will do something'.

[leaveyou]

It looks like you started doing something indeed .. downvoting and flagging inconvenient opinions. So productive. It really proves your point.

[mcv]

I disagree. Good intentions would help a lot. The problem is that in some areas, people with bad intentions dominate.

However, my purpose was initially to point out the possibility. The possibility is there. The next step is what we do with it. If you start out by giving up, you're never going to get anywhere. That's your disconnect.