tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post9082028857438265892..comments2024-03-28T00:17:55.823+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The big problems (usually) cannot be averted - but that does not mean we should continue to make them worseBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32007916067411211582013-11-21T03:04:28.855+00:002013-11-21T03:04:28.855+00:00I don't know if you've already covered thi...I don't know if you've already covered this, but the First Worlders are getting old with few or no youngsters of their own ethnicity to care for them.<br /><br />For as long as I can remember the talking heads all said that nursing and elder care are the hot professions due to the aging Boomers.<br /><br />However it seems to me that it's easier in the Anglosphere to import English speaking Third Worlders.<br /><br />I smell an Eloi/Morlock dynamic in the worksIngemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695600705603036692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-14726203662460641712013-11-20T16:02:50.159+00:002013-11-20T16:02:50.159+00:00My angle is that it is not up to us to look at the...<i>My angle is that it is not up to us to look at the Big Picture and solve all problems before they arise; but to try and be sensible and prudent - in particular to try and stop making things worse.</i><br /><br />This reminds of me of what Francis of Sales allegedly said when asked how to pursue holiness: start with closing the door quietly. I've never been able to find this quote but heard it often in homilies.Al.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-30350821275907949992013-11-20T10:15:15.674+00:002013-11-20T10:15:15.674+00:00@I - sounds plausible; but I would expect the pict...@I - sounds plausible; but I would expect the picture to be like a patchwork, with break-up of large nation states. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-27412685285232944262013-11-20T09:42:52.909+00:002013-11-20T09:42:52.909+00:00I started imagining what the die-off scenario woul...I started imagining what the die-off scenario would be, barring an unexpected natural catastrophe (major geological movement or an asteroid).<br /><br />--The First Worlders will die off first due to any one or combination of the following scenarios: (1) Hastening suicide (2) Being overwhelmed by migrant populations (3) Simple lack of replacement.<br /><br />--The Third Worlders will lag a generation or two due to fecundity, but their numbers will level off due to lack of First Worlders to exploit (in terms of resources, infrastructure, delivery and technological advances).Ingemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695600705603036692noreply@blogger.com