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The captive self : Comments
By John Töns, published 7/4/2010Humans are just as much captives as animals in a zoo. Should our systems fail us then we are headed for an uncertain future.
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The aim is to get a better handle on our 'carrying capacity' for people. Has the driest continent on Earth got an optimal population level? Can we comfortably sustain our quality of life with our nations (fast depleting) natural resources? If so what is it?
Our current growth rate is the fastest in the developed world. For the past few decades, skilled migration has been on an auto-pilot setting, but that may change soon after the first population policy is released.
Hopefully population modelling will give our leaders some useful insights and trends: Are we are heading into a national collapse or have we nothing to worry about ..... until we reach a population of 36 million?
Could we survive if the predicted global collapse really does occur at around 2050 assuming the world's population continues to grow exponentially from where it is now? Perhaps we should give thought to helping neighbouring nations with the population modelling to assist them in setting their population policies.
Looking back from 2050, the one child policy may seem a conservative and humane approach compared to the harsh alternatives that nature and populations in desperation throw at us.