Well - back writing again after missing about a week. No good reasons and I have written some notes such as the one included here at the end which was a letter sent to the NYTimes for publication. While I do not reference the old Zero Population Growth movement/organization... I wonder where is that? And where are the economists who can help plan for a future with a decreasing population. Also - I don't mention the ways to the decrease which include wars, famines, disease, and such. What we need is what is called a Soft Landing!
Today is Yom Hashoah and I have a candle lit as is a custom these days for all those who died in the Holocaust and other terrible catastrophes such as the Oct. 7, 2024 event!
Another writing I began today will be an additive response to a Facebook post about "who we are" as Jews. My addition will be to describe regular folks rather than the stars of our people. The stars are important but the regular folks are essential. I think of myself as one of the regulars and I feel important, too.
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a copy of the letter sent ... and hopefully will get published:
Recent articles have addressed declining birthrates and suggested reasons and ways to reverse that trend. I don’t think an increasing population is a good thing as the climate crisis can be linked to a world with over 8 billion people. Fewer people using fewer resources would have less impacts on the climate and planet! Where is a plan for reducing population while sustaining national economies and raising the quality of life for people who lack adequate food, shelter, and clothing? As a meaningful aside the article about robots in factories in China points to a future need for less workers as productivity rises.
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