Accelerating to Where?
The anti-politics of the new jet pack lament
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The generations with different priorities, those whose primary focus, as still is for so many in the world today, was to better the quality of life for their family.
In 1968, the American scientists Paul and Anne Ehrlich published The Population Bomb. In it, The Ehrlichs foresaw widespread death and despair as global populations—especially in the lower-income countries of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa—grew beyond the “limits” of global agricultural output.
The stunning fertility collapse in some countries is “not primarily driven by economics or family policies”. It’s more to do with culture and psychology.
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