The Population
And I find myself sitting here with a copy of one of those free Metro New York
newspapers, this paper that always seems to have the most interesting
and informative articles to read. And the title of this article is
"Does the planet seem crowded". And lo and behold that article goes on
to say something like 147,000 people are born each day. Did I read that
correctly or is that a type? 147,000 humans are born each day onto
planet earth. Are there seriously 147,000 people being born each day? I
find that number to incomprehensible to comprehend. Is this that J bell
curb thing, where the population is supposed to double every twenty
years and go straight up or something. And if one were to do the math,
that is a lot of people being born each minute and second. How can the
earth hold all of these people, all of us. Is the earth too crowded.
Well it definitely seems infinetly crowded in this city of New York
where I find myself dwelling in at the moment. And how many people die
each day. Is this some sort of cycle of birth and death that make up
the composition of planet earth. What about the question of life. Do
these meanings give new meaning to the meaning of life. And this
article went on to say, think about natural disaster that have occurred
where hundreds of thousands of people have lost their life. Can that
life just be replenished with more humanity, the same amount the next
day. Is life disposable like this, or not. What is the meaning of life,
its resources, morals, values and its sustainability. Where is the
world headed. Is there an answer for this out there in internetland.


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