What Our World Population Will Look Like in 2050 

Back in September, I wrote about how dramatically the world is changing. More recently, I found this visualization of the population of the world in 2050. Once again, I was amazed.

For example: While the US population will grow from 338 million to 375 million (about 10%), Nigeria’s is projected to grow by more than 50%, from 219 million to 375 million. India will have modest growth. And, surprisingly, China’s population will get smaller, from 1.4 billion to 1.3 billion.

Take a look here.

Can America Cope with Population Decline? 

There are, of course, significant social, political, and economic repercussions from population change. It used to be thought (and still is in many corners of academia) that the world was becoming vastly overpopulated, and that “depopulation” was necessary to save the planet.

But, like so many other widely held scientific beliefs, that concern no longer tops the Armageddon charts. Today, depopulation is what popular science is worried about.

Notwithstanding the very significant population growth in many African countries, the population of China, and most developed countries, is decreasing. If we get to a net negative population trend, it will be the first decline in human population since the bubonic plague pandemic in the 14th century.

Click here for a discussion on depopulation with Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt, a political economist at the American Enterprise Institute.

And here for a short and interesting view of it by Dr. Meryl Nass, who publishes Meryl’s COVID Newsletter.

Google Employee Fired for Not Cheating on Spouse 

What? Did you read that right? Fired for not cheating?

I’m sure there’s more to this story than the sensational headline suggests. But it was covered by several internet news feeds – so, on your behalf, I scurried down a half-dozen rabbit holes and ended up with the following…

Click here.

And here.

And here.