It is ironic, to me, that whilst I was receiving an education in 1960-1970, emphasis was placed on reducing population growths throughout the world (and not always in the underdeveloped countries). Today Nature and war are controlling population growth in many undeveloped countries, while selfishness serves a deterrent in the developed countries.

Hopefully, we can find the perfect balance.

First thing that stands out.. 15,000 people died in France one summer because of a heat wave?! And they didn’ want to go collect the elderly’s bodies… as in, they acted like they really didn’t give a crap? Really? OK, I’m sure there’s a bit more to it, but what’s with the selfish attitude?

The whole population dwindle was kind of confusing. I was thinking it fairly positive on a global natural resources level if some of the population increases let down a bit. But at the same time, the decline of the family unit seems negative on a life fulfillment and spiritual level. The “me” attitude once again.

Not long ago when I was watching a clip on thousands of Chinese children martial arts training at the same time, each doing every movement perfectly and mechanically, there was something very disturbing about that. It was definitely a group mentality, which is not always a negative thing, but in this case, like a “cow heard” mentality rather than a human group. “Everyone do the same thing and do it perfectly.” How odd. SO many Chinese children, most of them males. All dressed alike, from small children to slightly older children. Was it discipline or brain washing… I am not sure.

Ok, China is a whole subject in and of itself. My friend and I were just watching that on t.v. last night as well!! How all of these people are constantly persecuted, harassed, and even killed for their faith, whether they be Christians, the Fu Long Gong (sp?), or other groups. Such an odd thing not to have the kind of freedom we have here. I saw it first hand when in China too. But back to the population issues, how odd is each country changing with population waves.

I was thinking that in America the older generation wouldn’t be retiring early, but so late because of our credit habits and downfall of real estate values these days. In other words, the generations upcoming will have such high debt they’ll be working longer rather than retiring early and needing to be taken care of. I guess I don’t know what will happen but it’s what I thought the trend was. maybe not.

Alright, thank you for this post. I will probably come back to it and refer to stats for future reference. So much to think about. So many interesting and questionable global trends.