{"id":2262,"date":"2011-10-21T10:12:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2011-10-29T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T19:00:00","slug":"fifty-percent-less-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2011\/fifty-percent-less-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"50% Less for Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No room for one more?<\/p>\n

The world’s population has doubled in my lifetime.<\/p>\n

In the 1960s, the world was populated by around 3.5 billion people. This year, the population is expected to double that mark.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had no (conscious) idea.<\/p>\n

The way I calculate, my quota of this planet’s stuff is now 50% less than it was at the time of my birth.<\/p>\n

And I need more now than I did then! \ud83d\ude2f<\/p>\n

Well, my source story<\/a> ends with this question attributed to John Bongaarts, a demographer at New York\u2019s Population Council:<\/p>\n

“But we would all be better off with a smaller population.”<\/div>\n

Oh. OK. Great. Maybe so.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I need to work on being more grateful and less selfish<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Looks like I could add another book, but never mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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