7 Billionth person to be born on Monday

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Earth pop. now apx 7000000000

Many will wring their hands at this.

But here, at the Cellar, we watched that video from that dude;

That dude who showed how, once cultures advance a little, their lifespan goes way up and the number of kids in their families goes way down. From seven children per family to two children per family.

At one point the population curve looked like a J and many people projected that this was a disaster of tremendous proportions.

But at the same time, global fertility rates and the number of babies popping out started to fall:



Now they've realized that the curve is going to be more of an S than a J. It's not that the original population scientists were wrong with their science. It's that there were forces at work they hadn't anticipated.

Maybe there are forces that we don't understand. There may be human instincts to keep reproduction levels high enough to ensure the survival of the tribe. If life is hard, you need seven children to keep the it going. If life is easy, you only need two.