| > Global population can't just "go up", It can and it currently is increasing towards what is expected to be a peak and then a decline. You typed "we need more efficient people" - I responded that efficiency has increased in the past decades. > Efficiently gains, which is what I said... I'm not seeing where you typed that. > We'd be better off with 6 billion people We have a point of agreement. > incredible amount of elderly people to take care of, that puts a huge burden on younger people. Perhaps less than you think, I'm > 60 and I barely take care of my father born in 1935 .. he delivers Meals on Wheels to those ederly that are less able. There's a lot of scope for bored retiree's to be hired at low cost to hang out with less able elders, reducing the numbers of young people actually required. |