What about the one where martians forbade us to build rockets because we might blow ourselves up w/nukes (ICBM's). So we immediately went to work on teleportation and dropped bombs on all their cities.
Consider the fact that proportional to population size, families in undeveloped countries have many more children (on average) than those who are better off. I think that the population pressure will eventually level off once we can get these undeveloped countries on their feet. (If they want to.) Discounting recent immigrants (1-2 generations), the US is actually at ZPG (zero population growth).
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What about the one where martians forbade us to build rockets because we might blow ourselves up w/nukes (ICBM's). So we immediately went to work on teleportation and dropped bombs on all their cities.
Uhh... you do remember where A ark landed, don't you?
Consider the fact that proportional to population size, families in undeveloped countries have many more children (on average) than those who are better off. I think that the population pressure will eventually level off once we can get these undeveloped countries on their feet. (If they want to.) Discounting recent immigrants (1-2 generations), the US is actually at ZPG (zero population growth).