Re: 1,000 Times Too Many Humans?

>lifetimes fall
>to
>> 45 years.
>
>Nonsense. Provided there are population concentrations,
>society would be able to retain its knowledge and most
>or even all of its technology.

In such a world, a proportionally larger fraction of people will revert to
subsistence agriculture.  There won't be the workers needed to maintain a
multitechnological world.

>The Roman Catholic Church still hopes to
>dominate by having the pious breed faster than
>other factions in Western society.

Antireligious propaganda.  In western nations, Cathoilcs do not produce that
many more kids.  The Church opposes conyraception and abortion for theological,
not sociological reasons.

Italy is a Catholic country and its population is *falling*.




>Ancient and medieval societies certainly underwent
>pestilence and famine and generally survived. Barring
>invasions by barbarians, material culture didn't
>decline too much.

Not surprising, as for nonnobility, 'material culture' was too near bare
subsistence too fall very far.