Japan's population, like the rest of the world, is higher than it has ever been at any point in human history, due to exponential growth over the past couple of centuries. In recent years that growth has slowed and even slightly reversed in some places.
So... What, exactly, is the problem? What, exactly, is so tragic? What, exactly, was supposed to happen instead?
Was the population of a tiny island nation supposed to continue growing exponentially? Indefinitely? Forever? Would that be healthy? Would it even be physically possible? They're already living in literal pods in some places. They're already dumping trash in the ocean, and then building on top of it, just to make a bit of extra space to live on. Why the hysteria over their population going down a bit?
All populations, of all living things, go through cycles of growth and contraction. This is normal, natural, and necessary. Nothing can grow forever.
The only living thing that attempts to defy this pattern is called cancer. And it ends up killing itself, along with its host, as a result of its greed for endless growth.
GloryBeckons 0 points 2.9 years ago
This is great news!
Japan's population, like the rest of the world, is higher than it has ever been at any point in human history, due to exponential growth over the past couple of centuries. In recent years that growth has slowed and even slightly reversed in some places.
So... What, exactly, is the problem? What, exactly, is so tragic? What, exactly, was supposed to happen instead?
Was the population of a tiny island nation supposed to continue growing exponentially? Indefinitely? Forever? Would that be healthy? Would it even be physically possible? They're already living in literal pods in some places. They're already dumping trash in the ocean, and then building on top of it, just to make a bit of extra space to live on. Why the hysteria over their population going down a bit?
All populations, of all living things, go through cycles of growth and contraction. This is normal, natural, and necessary. Nothing can grow forever.
The only living thing that attempts to defy this pattern is called cancer. And it ends up killing itself, along with its host, as a result of its greed for endless growth.