86 lines
3.8 KiB
Plaintext
86 lines
3.8 KiB
Plaintext
From fork-admin@xent.com Sat Sep 7 21:52:32 2002
|
|
Return-Path: <fork-admin@xent.com>
|
|
Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com
|
|
Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1])
|
|
by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568B316F16
|
|
for <jm@localhost>; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 21:52:16 +0100 (IST)
|
|
Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1]
|
|
by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0)
|
|
for jm@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 07 Sep 2002 21:52:16 +0100 (IST)
|
|
Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org
|
|
(8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g86Jl5C21549 for <jm@jmason.org>;
|
|
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 20:47:05 +0100
|
|
Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix)
|
|
with ESMTP id 20ACF294172; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:44:03 -0700 (PDT)
|
|
Delivered-To: fork@example.com
|
|
Received: from cats.ucsc.edu (cats-mx2.ucsc.edu [128.114.129.35]) by
|
|
xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7303329409E for <fork@xent.com>;
|
|
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:43:25 -0700 (PDT)
|
|
Received: from Tycho (dhcp-63-177.cse.ucsc.edu [128.114.63.177]) by
|
|
cats.ucsc.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id g86HQXT03756; Fri,
|
|
6 Sep 2002 10:26:33 -0700 (PDT)
|
|
From: "Jim Whitehead" <ejw@cse.ucsc.edu>
|
|
To: "Eugen Leitl" <eugen@leitl.org>, <fork@example.com>
|
|
Subject: RE: Re[2]: Selling Wedded Bliss (was Re: Ouch...)
|
|
Message-Id: <AMEPKEBLDJJCCDEJHAMICEGPFGAA.ejw@cse.ucsc.edu>
|
|
MIME-Version: 1.0
|
|
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
|
|
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
|
|
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
|
|
X-Msmail-Priority: Normal
|
|
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0)
|
|
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0209061122540.30472-100000@hydrogen.leitl.org>
|
|
X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400
|
|
Importance: Normal
|
|
Sender: fork-admin@xent.com
|
|
Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com
|
|
X-Beenthere: fork@example.com
|
|
X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11
|
|
Precedence: bulk
|
|
List-Help: <mailto:fork-request@xent.com?subject=help>
|
|
List-Post: <mailto:fork@example.com>
|
|
List-Subscribe: <http://xent.com/mailman/listinfo/fork>, <mailto:fork-request@xent.com?subject=subscribe>
|
|
List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare <fork.xent.com>
|
|
List-Unsubscribe: <http://xent.com/mailman/listinfo/fork>,
|
|
<mailto:fork-request@xent.com?subject=unsubscribe>
|
|
List-Archive: <http://xent.com/pipermail/fork/>
|
|
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 10:24:14 -0700
|
|
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.1 required=7.0
|
|
tests=AWL,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,
|
|
SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT_OUTLOOK
|
|
version=2.50-cvs
|
|
X-Spam-Level:
|
|
|
|
> Clearly our non-silly non-antiquated ideas about relationships have
|
|
> resulted in mostly short-duration relationships and single-parented,
|
|
> dysfunctional kids (not enough of them too boot, so to keep our
|
|
> demographics from completely keeling over we're importing them from places
|
|
> with mostly silly and antiquated ideas).
|
|
>
|
|
> At least from the viewpoint of demographics sustainability and
|
|
> counterpressure to gerontocracy and resulting innovatiophobia we're doing
|
|
> something wrong.
|
|
|
|
There was a fascinating article in the Economist 1-2 weeks back (the issue
|
|
with a pregnant-looking Statue of Liberty on the Front) that stated that
|
|
even for the native US population, fertility had jumped in the last decade
|
|
and a half. I think the current figure for the US is a little over 2, but
|
|
not quite the ~2.1 of replacement rate. Combined with the very fertile
|
|
non-native population, the article implied the US was going to have a
|
|
significant increase in population over earlier predictions. As well, the
|
|
population would overall be more youthful, with associated implications for
|
|
being able to fund social programs, military spending, consumer spending,
|
|
etc.
|
|
|
|
Europe did not show the same increase in fertility.
|
|
|
|
Some actual data for the US are here:
|
|
|
|
http://www.census.gov/population/pop-profile/2000/chap04.pdf
|
|
Part of:
|
|
http://www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/profile2000.html
|
|
|
|
- Jim
|
|
|
|
|