I know it is a radical idea, but it seems to work pretty well.

“Now don’t get me wrong, I do not advocate anything even remotely like the Chinese policy, but some type of plan to control, and reduce, population is critical. Today, because the value of most global currency is based on the amount of labor one can extract from it’s populace, we have policies in place that encourage population growth. We, as a society, reward horrible parents for having kids they can’t, or won’t, care for. We tend to leave children in deplorable situations knowing that no matter how badly off they are once they reach adulthood, they will still need to earn a living. If they are desperate because of lack of education they are the more easily exploited.”

You sound like a Chinese Communist with your centrally planned baby regulation schemes.

So I have listened to your argument and thought about it. If you would truly rather live anywhere that there isn’t a government regulating anything, and you truly believe that you have the answers to make it work, I suggest you pack your bags and move to Somalia. Never has there been such a prime opportunity to setup a government free society (other than every other time and place where a government has failed or been overthrown throughout history). 

As much as I like 90% of your thoughts you are the one that seems to fail to think, or consider another opinion or view point. You are obviously a zealot and an extremist. Yes I know they are synonymous, but you have earned both words. This is reminiscent of my conversations with Deric in that anyone that doesn’t agree with you 100% is an “idiot” or “speculating” when the entire conversation is based on your speculations. People that are interested and attempting to engage and discuss fail to “think or listen.” You can’t even acknowledge that “nearly unlimited” is a grossly blanket statement which is dependent on all types of speculations on your part. You say population “would never get that high” but ignore that you have entered in to the equation unlimited energy and food…are you psychic how do you know it would never get “that high”? You have managed to convince me of one thing…as much as I LOVE your site, it is fringe nuttiness to be enjoyed occasionally, and not to be taken too seriously.

I’d rather live in Manila.

Of course, you simply ignore my point about first world cities not being shit holes, but whatever.  You don’t want to listen or think. There is absolutely no reason that a densely populated city has to be a shit hole. Ritz Carlton Hotels are an ultra dense population center, but I don’t see anyone complaining about it.

There is no reason to have a State come and loot me at gun point in order to stop people from having babies.

I think all the conjecture about new energy and food sources being implemented on a global scale is wonderful. I think the discussion of what humanity might be able to accomplish with super-structures is grand. I also think that in the here and now there is a problem with population. Why ignore it just because there might be a solution down the road?

All this speculation on my part? First you disagree that there are a, “maximum number of people who can live…simultaneously on this planet” Then speculate that we could dig down into the earth and build up almost indefinitely. At the same time you cite new technology that could potentially provide unlimited sources of food and energy. [All statistics, everywhere, from all species, nations & cultures, throughout history, have shown how increased population growth directly correlates to increased availability of food.] Then you suppose that the population would never get that high because industrialized nations have declining birth rates (as long as you exclude immigrants and ignore the unlimited supply of cheap energy and food). Where the population comes from actually is irrelevant, unless you’re saying that we are going to industrialize the rest of the world…that shouldn’t be too hard…all we have to do is redistribute the wealth of all the 1st world nations and then we can just print more money when we run out. Yes, I know you aren’t advocating that, and neither am I : ). 

The problem I have with this argument, is the same one I have with the thought that, “first world nations should feed the world with their surplus stores of food.” You have to bring the entire world UP to the SAME standard of living or you get slums. Again I don’t want to live in a world where everyone lives in the same small compartment of a superstructure any more than I want to live in the slums.