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**CULTDIAMONDS** · 06-17-2012, 04:12 PM

it's the high fertility, with increased medical means (especially in child mortality) and living standards that raised the average length of life, that is the direct reason for the rapid increase in population. One could also put the case that increased 'government' (AKA leeching off others for ones life choices) that also contributed as those with large families found them of much reduced financial burden.
So, a (permanent) reduction in fertility would have a strong affect on the population total, over time, but perhaps not in time to avoid the consequencxces of over-population.
It's going to be interesting to see, over the next few decades, what affect the proliferation of drug resistant infections will have on the world, especially if they make inroads into some of the poorer, highly populated areas. It seems strange to think that even as late as the early 29th century, infections killed more in war than their injuries - not to mention ordinary infections one would get from everyday activities, such as shaving or papercuts.

06-17-2012, 04:12 PM	#12
CULTDIAMONDS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	it's the high fertility, with increased medical means (especially in child mortality) and living standards that raised the average length of life, that is the direct reason for the rapid increase in population. One could also put the case that increased 'government' (AKA leeching off others for ones life choices) that also contributed as those with large families found them of much reduced financial burden. So, a (permanent) reduction in fertility would have a strong affect on the population total, over time, but perhaps not in time to avoid the consequencxces of over-population. It's going to be interesting to see, over the next few decades, what affect the proliferation of drug resistant infections will have on the world, especially if they make inroads into some of the poorer, highly populated areas. It seems strange to think that even as late as the early 29th century, infections killed more in war than their injuries - not to mention ordinary infections one would get from everyday activities, such as shaving or papercuts.
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