I enjoy your comment on this issue very much and I invite you Theovon and anyone other serious thinkers about this "vital option" to join in our endeavor to make this possibility a reality at the Immortality Institute.
Our organization is involved in constantly examining the philosophical, social, psychological, economic, and technological aspects of this quest and are always in search of others to raise concerns and/or participate in activity to promote this goal.
Kenneth X. Sills
Co-Director of the Immortality Institute
a.k.a. Lazarus Long
As has been shown time and again this is not true and in fact there is a population implosion at work in most industrialized nations.
The population bomb is an old theory that is only true in a very limited set of circumstances but anywhere women are empowered with education, civil rights (especially over themselves) and economic freedom the reproduction rate diminishes as quantity of offspring is secondary in most parents mind to quality of life and offspring.
In fact designer kiddies could make most of obsolete while we are still alive.
Seriously though, there are current studies by the UN that show the correlation between birth rate and the factors I suggest.
"I. WORLD POPULATION TRENDS
The world population reached 6.3 billion at the beginning of 2003 and is projected to
grow to 8.9 billion by 2050, according to the medium variant (table 1). In that variant, total
fertility at the world level is expected to decline from 2.83 children per woman in 1995-2000 to 2.02 children per woman in 2045-2050, and the expectation of life at birth is expected to increase from 65 years to 74 years. As a consequence of the expected reduction of fertility, the population growth rate is projected to drop from 1.35 per cent per year in 1995-2000 to 0.33 per cent per year in 2045-2050."
World Population Prospects The 2002 Revision (PDF)
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2 002/WPP2002-HIGHLIGHTSrev1.PDF
I suggest a review of CURRENT population studies not 19th century myths may be found here:
http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm
United Nations Population Division
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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Kenneth X. Sills
Co-Director of the Immortality Institute a.k.a. Lazarus LongAs has been shown time and again this is not true and in fact there is a population implosion at work in most industrialized nations. The population bomb is an old theory that is only true in a very limited set of circumstances but anywhere women are empowered with education, civil rights (especially over themselves) and economic freedom the reproduction rate diminishes as quantity of offspring is secondary in most parents mind to quality of life and offspring. In fact designer kiddies could make most of obsolete while we are still alive. Seriously though, there are current studies by the UN that show the correlation between birth rate and the factors I suggest. "I. WORLD POPULATION TRENDS The world population reached 6.3 billion at the beginning of 2003 and is projected to grow to 8.9 billion by 2050, according to the medium variant (table 1). In that variant, total fertility at the world level is expected to decline from 2.83 children per woman in 1995-2000 to 2.02 children per woman in 2045-2050, and the expectation of life at birth is expected to increase from 65 years to 74 years. As a consequence of the expected reduction of fertility, the population growth rate is projected to drop from 1.35 per cent per year in 1995-2000 to 0.33 per cent per year in 2045-2050." World Population Prospects The 2002 Revision (PDF) http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2 002/WPP2002-HIGHLIGHTSrev1.PDF
I suggest a review of CURRENT population studies not 19th century myths may be found here:
http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm
United Nations Population Division
Department of Economic and Social Affairs