On 26/3/04 8:00 AM, "Lawrence Upton" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> or we might raise the question and cull all those who give a triviliasing
> answer, Patrick
Do I need to quake in my slippers? Or could I get away with providing a
profound triviality?
I'm actually quite unsure what is being discussed, apart from the general
destructiveness of the human race.
It's generally accepted that reproductive rates go down when women are given
education and some measure of economic autonomy. So there is part of an
answer to overpopulation. It would be interesting to see what would happen
if most of our resources weren't put into polluting devices like cluster
bombs or precision guided missiles or those weapons which are supposed to
ignite the atmosphere and destroy every living thing in their radii and
into, say, making sure that people who didn't have enough to eat could
develop biologically diverse, self sustaining agriculture, or addressing
climate change and the cultivation of poetry as a pedagogical tool for the
evolution of consciousness and the enhancement of all life. Unlikely to
happen, but interesting. Culling might not be necessary after all, and
poets would be rich as arms dealers.
Best
A
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