Comments on: Philip Longman – “The Depopulation Problem” http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/ The Official Weblog of The Long Now Foundation and Friends Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stever Robbins, Get-it-Done Guy blog » Blog Archive » Long-term Thinking: The Depopulation Problem http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-19108 Stever Robbins, Get-it-Done Guy blog » Blog Archive » Long-term Thinking: The Depopulation Problem Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:38:01 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/#comment-19108 [...] thinking. The have free seminars about long-term perspectives. I just finished listening to The Depopulation Problem. The author talks through many economic and social issues, all related to fertility rates and the [...] [...] thinking. The have free seminars about long-term perspectives. I just finished listening to The Depopulation Problem. The author talks through many economic and social issues, all related to fertility rates and the [...]

]]> By: ‘World made by hand’ vs. ‘Current demographic trends work against modernity,’ « there’s no place like homage http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-7595 ‘World made by hand’ vs. ‘Current demographic trends work against modernity,’ « there’s no place like homage Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:16:26 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/#comment-7595 [...] you’ve never read anything like The Depopulation Problem. No need to summarize this time. Phillip Longman wrote out his whole talk, with the illustrations [...] [...] you’ve never read anything like The Depopulation Problem. No need to summarize this time. Phillip Longman wrote out his whole talk, with the illustrations [...]

]]> By: Joan Philips http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-7060 Joan Philips Wed, 27 May 2009 12:57:02 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/#comment-7060 I have visited Japan, and was astonished by how crowded it was. People must work like dogs to afford their tiny apartments. Not conductive to having large families at all. Yet this is never mentioned as a reason for low birth rates. I think that as the population declines, living conditions will improve and people will then start having more children. This talk also does not address the issue of immigration from high fertility countries to those countries with low fertility. If more people is such a great thing, why are we building a wall between USA and Mexico? Even wealthier educated people are being kept out. I would be happy to move to Europe, but they don't want me! I chose to become a parent via adoption not only to benefit the environment but also to benefit existing humans. Isn't it more humane to give a starving child a chance at a better life than to create a new life? I have visited Japan, and was astonished by how crowded it was. People must work like dogs to afford their tiny apartments. Not conductive to having large families at all. Yet this is never mentioned as a reason for low birth rates. I think that as the population declines, living conditions will improve and people will then start having more children.

This talk also does not address the issue of immigration from high fertility countries to those countries with low fertility. If more people is such a great thing, why are we building a wall between USA and Mexico? Even wealthier educated people are being kept out. I would be happy to move to Europe, but they don’t want me!

I chose to become a parent via adoption not only to benefit the environment but also to benefit existing humans. Isn’t it more humane to give a starving child a chance at a better life than to create a new life?

]]> By: Nancy Pelosi may be dead wrong on the economic effects of family planning. « The Naked Church http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-6234 Nancy Pelosi may be dead wrong on the economic effects of family planning. « The Naked Church Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:24:45 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/#comment-6234 [...] Longman spoke to the LongNow Foundation seminar on Long Term Thinking, a think tank on the West Coast (not Christian, but thoughtful). Here’s a link to the talk he gave five years ago, which is still thought-provoking: MP3 Ogg Vorbis And to the accompanying PDF file on the talk and the slides. [...] [...] Longman spoke to the LongNow Foundation seminar on Long Term Thinking, a think tank on the West Coast (not Christian, but thoughtful). Here’s a link to the talk he gave five years ago, which is still thought-provoking: MP3 Ogg Vorbis And to the accompanying PDF file on the talk and the slides. [...]

]]> By: Eileen G http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-5666 Eileen G Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:55:11 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2004/08/17/philip-longman-the-depopulation-problem/#comment-5666 ""People a century from now will have so few blood relatives I think it could be very lonely.” The audience, convinced by then, was utterly still."" I guess this depends on your blood relatives. If they are Jerry springer quality it might not be a bad thing. “”People a century from now will have so few blood relatives I think it could be very lonely.” The audience, convinced by then, was utterly still.”"

I guess this depends on your blood relatives. If they are Jerry springer quality it might not be a bad thing.

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