This quote is from Terrence McKenna.
The idea is that if every person in the first world countries only had one child, their population would halve every twenty years. Since every person in first world uses many times the resources of people in the third world, reducing the number of children we have would drastically reduce our impact on the planet.
--BH
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so, you're not going to say who told that to him?
So if we limited our families to one chile, we would have an entire generation of Only Children who have little or no skills to co-habitate or share limited resources? Maybe some people should consider not have any children. Check out the Mike Judge film, Idiocracy, for a funny look at population issues. BTW, read your blog often ... just a few thoughts.
I figured if the quote caught anyone's interest they would look up Terrence McKenna and figure out for themselves who told him. But since you insist, he said it was magic mushrooms that told him this.
I thought it was such great advice that I didn't want to distract anyone who might view their advice with suspicion. Perhaps it will work the other way though and some people who had discounted the possibility of anything important coming from that source without first-hand experience will be inspired to look further.
Thanks Chuck,
I wondered whether there was anyone other than close friends and family who read this. Its nice to know there is.
Yes, I do think it would be better for those of us who can stand it to have no children.
But for those who are not able to bring themselves that far, I think one child or at most two, should definitely be considered.
I have long believed that the isolation of the nuclear family which was encouraged by the industrial revolution is very bad for our society and am very much in favor of people living with their extended families whether biological or of their own creations.
I understand that many of us who have grown up with isolation would feel uncomfortable with that though. I think those people who choose to have only children and live alone would have to work harder to build those skills but I think it can be done.
Thanks,
BH
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