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About That Overpopulation Problem

Jan 9, 2013

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in Demography, Education, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, International Affairs, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Five years ago, I wrote a piece called, Technophysio Evolution and Demographic Transition, explaining the dynamics and trends of global population growth and decline. Slate has an excellent article explaining the Demographic Transition Model. Slate: About That Overpopulation Problem Research suggests we may actually face a declining world population in the coming years. The world’s…

WSI: Demographic Transition Model

Jul 31, 2008

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in Demography, Health and Medicine, History, Series: World Social Indicators 2008, Trends: Social

To understand technophysio evolution's impact on the global population, we can look at what demographers call the Demographic Transition Model (DTM). The DTM is a model reflecting the experience of Western Europe, extrapolated to interpret anticipated global demographic trends. There are four phases to the DTM: Stage 1: Death rates (deaths per 1,000 population) and birth…

WSI: Technophysio Evolution

Jul 30, 2008

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in Demography, Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Series: World Social Indicators 2008, Sociology, Trends: Social

Two “L” shaped graphs highlight the extraordinary changes in human prosperity over the last twelve thousand years. After millennia of infant mortality rates of 200-300 per 1,000 and life expectancy at birth of 20-30 years, most people today live in nations where infant mortality rates are dropping below 50, on their way to the single-digit…

MEC: The Cycle of Prosperity

Mar 25, 2008

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in Economic Development, Economics, Health and Medicine, Series: Must Everything Change?, Sociology, Technology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Technology (Transportation & Distribution)

We have seen that there has been a sharp rise in prosperity as measured by health and longevity and in terms of income. All this has come in an era when the world population has grown more than 600%. Economist Robert Fogel attributes this to technophysio evolution. Indur M. Goklany, in his recent book The…

MEC: Technophysio Evolution and Demographic Transition

Mar 24, 2008

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mwkruse

in Demography, Great Divergence, History, Human Progress, Series: Must Everything Change?, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Two "L" shaped graphs highlight the extraordinary changes in human prosperity over the last twelve thousand years. After millennia of infant mortality rates of 200-300 per 1,000 and life expectancy at birth of 20-30 years, most people today live in nations where infant mortality rates are dropping below 50, on their way to the single-digit…

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About That Overpopulation Problem

WSI: Demographic Transition Model

WSI: Technophysio Evolution

MEC: The Cycle of Prosperity

MEC: Technophysio Evolution and Demographic Transition