tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post4029798658889361738..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: The Darkest Hour Is Just Before DawnDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-23874978167440758592012-02-23T16:32:31.466+01:002012-02-23T16:32:31.466+01:00Maybe it's darkest before it goes pitch black?...Maybe it's darkest before it goes pitch black?<br /><br />William Catton's latest book, "Mankind's Impending Bottleneck" says it best: the population that makes it through the bottleneck imposed by reality, aka environmental and resource constraints, will be quite a bit smaller than the current population. <br />How that downsizing occurs is the question. A voluntary, peaceful downsizing would have had to be implemented a generation more more ago. Too late for that.Jacob Gitteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559764359800682222noreply@blogger.com