Deflation is About to Hit Humanity, and It Will Have Nothing To Do With Money
Birthrates are crashing around the world.
So a few days ago, I saw this series of charts. You know what a V looks like, but upside down? Yeah, that’s the shape of the world population on a graph, from the past to the future. Good for Earth, not so good for us. I can’t help but think of two quotes from two men who have influenced my thinking.
Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. — Carl Sagan
[Biologist Ernst] Mayr speculated that the human form of intellectual organization may not be favored by selection. The history of life on Earth, he wrote, refutes the claim that “it is better to be smart than to be stupid,” at least judging by biological success: beetles and bacteria, for example, are vastly more successful than humans in terms of survival. He also made the rather somber observation that “the average life expectancy of a species is about 100,000 years.” — Noam Chomsky, Hegemony or Survival — America’s Quest for Global Dominance
Carl Sagan to me, is one of the greatest proponents of peace in my life. He is the one I remember from watching his television series, Cosmos. Seriously, if you’re hyperventilating over war, famine, nanoplastics and global warming, watch his show. Cosmos is one of the…
