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In France, Germany, and the US, the number of 0-14 children has remained stable for the last 60 years! In Nigeria, this age-cohort has doubled every 20 years!
Anthropocene
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The growth rate of GDP per capita of the developing countries has generally outpaced that of the developed countries by 1–5 percentage points per year, though by a diminished margin in the 2010s. The faster growth in GDP per capita, combined with a higher rate of population growth, has meant that the share of global output produced by the developin
... See moreJeffrey D. Sachs • The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions
The Tipping Points of Climate Change — and Where We Stand | Johan Rockström | TED
youtube.comMost of Eurasia’s population has lived in a subtropical band of latitude and climate zone that historians including Ian Morris have christened “the lucky latitudes.”
Jeffrey D. Sachs • The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions
In effective-population-adjusted terms, we generally see pretty steady declines after any given area hits its initial peak.
Holden Karnofsky • Where's Today's Beethoven?
The UN predicts that by 2030 there’ll be no person in the world living under abject poverty.
