@Karen
[ human populations don't change geometrically. ]
I just gave you two examples where it has happened in most recent history.
Do you know that the number of estonians in Estonia at present is only 2-3x higher than that it was before the industrial revolution? About 3,6x more than at 1340 AD.
As you can see, some populations try to manage to live within the carrying capacity of local ecotopes, while others don't.
There are constrictions, yes, like ground water in the Middle East and Africa, and it will hit hard.
[ Most notably, there is a strong negative correlation between wealth and birth rate. ]
The idea of a linear correlation between wealth and birth rate is demonstrably false.
Even rank correlation can be eliminated.
And with nonlinear correlation you can't really talk about a definitive sign of the correlation.
The Middle East has had better education that estonians since 11 000 BC to about 1650 AD.
[ When you're poor, your children are your resources. When you're wealthy, they're a cost. ]
Wealth is relative.
Hunter-gatherers lived in balance with their environment.
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@Karen
[ human populations don't change geometrically. ]
I just gave you two examples where it has happened in most recent history.
Do you know that the number of estonians in Estonia at present is only 2-3x higher than that it was before the industrial revolution? About 3,6x more than at 1340 AD.
As you can see, some populations try to manage to live within the carrying capacity of local ecotopes, while others don't.
There are constrictions, yes, like ground water in the Middle East and Africa, and it will hit hard.
[ Most notably, there is a strong negative correlation between wealth and birth rate. ]
The idea of a linear correlation between wealth and birth rate is demonstrably false.
Even rank correlation can be eliminated.
And with nonlinear correlation you can't really talk about a definitive sign of the correlation.
The Middle East has had better education that estonians since 11 000 BC to about 1650 AD.
[ When you're poor, your children are your resources. When you're wealthy, they're a cost. ]
Wealth is relative.
Hunter-gatherers lived in balance with their environment.