“There will never be more children alive on the Earth than there is today.”
This year, like so many others I&#x27;m sure, I found Peter Zeihan&#x27;s books, which have been really eye opening in terms of what has happened and what&#x27;s coming.
It&#x27;s not perfect, and at times it comes out a bit gloomier than expected, but it&#x27;s certainly illuminating on a lot of topics. I highly recommend his books and videos as much as possible.<p>Edited to add link. And also, I&#x27;d say that even though climate change impacts lots of regions of the world, fossil fuel is what has enabled our massive growth this past century. And renewable energies are not even remotely close in terms of providing the energy for that kind of growth. Not just because there&#x27;s not enough of them, but because we&#x27;d need more mining than this planet can provide us with in order to meet those needs. So what I&#x27;m trying to say is that if you&#x27;re concerned about falling demographics, better start embracing fossil fuel more. Either that, or come up with a different economic system in which there are fewer of us and we still manage to avoid famines and reduce poverty around the world.<p>Demographics: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;xD-pj6i4b8A" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;xD-pj6i4b8A</a><p>Here&#x27;s one on agriculture: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;myjLrulhMzk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;myjLrulhMzk</a>