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In response to "Things I learned in the Bill Gates AMA" by con_carne

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Posted by con_carne Jan 28 '15, 15:26

Mr Gates, Do you feel that we are facing an overpopulation problem on this planet? If so, what do you think needs to be done about it?

Fortunately as people get healthy they choose to have less kids. We have already had the maximum number of births - that number is starting to go down. We still need to help provide health and contraception in poor countries but all of the global population growth is coming from people living longer. Hans Rosling talks about this in the clearest way at http://vimeo.com/79878808

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There's sort of a decaying sine wave aspect to the behaviour - Reagen Jan 28, 16:11
China's one child policy has hollowed out an entire generation. They're going to look like Japan (demographically) in 40 years. - spamlet Jan 28, 15:49 1
- if China over throws their overlords, the earth rotational spin will wobble from the sudden over population -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 28, 15:59
Its counterintuitive, but the explanation is that in areas where infant mortality is high, so are birth rates. - TWuG Jan 28, 15:35
Yup - Mop Jan 28, 15:34

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