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Longer life spans are bad because it just means more people competing for the same resources. There are not enough resources and wealth in the world for all 6+ billion people to enjoy the standards of living that US/Europe/Japan etc. have. Our lives are only possible at the expense of the poorer countries with shorter lives. The only ways I can think for overall world livelihood to increase are: 1.) shrink the population 2.) redistribute wealth and health services (modern medicine, food water etc.) from the wealthy countries to the poorer countries and thus decreasing quality of life in the wealthy countries 3.) Find far more efficient ways of producing food and energy The population is growing FAR to fast to expect to provide decent lives for all the new births in undeveloped countries. TL;DR: stop population growth
A little eugenics would solve all this: Install a birth control device in all women that can only be deactivated if a couple is fit to have children. Couples who want to have kids must take an extensive exam to determine if they will produce a child that can contribute in this world, and that they are ABLE TO SUPPORT. Then you will have a smaller and smarter population PROBLEM SOLVED
An interesting tidbit that I took away from this is how screwed the Congo is. For ~1 century it was one of the most decimated and horrifically brutalized colonies in Africa. It was then fractured and mostly kept in near despotism under the US-backed governments of Mobutu. Just a sad story.
Commodore posted this a few days ago...very interesting. Thanks to the both of you for putting this out there! http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=5787905&postcount=10
Very interesting. Im surprised to see Mexico that well off. I'm from there, but never actually been. From what my family tells me, I thought it was a poor country.
I call bullsh/t. If you notice pretty much all the countries dip during WW1, even America. However, notice America doesn't dip and it's size doesn't shrink during our 'civil war' period..
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I noticed some of the smaller dots seem to make some very wild swings including one Europe dot that for a short while drops off the chart at the bottom and then comes back. I am wondering if some extra animation was added to make the graph seem more lively.
One very obvious fluctuation I noticed was (what I assumed was) China bouncing up and down very hard between 1959-1961, which does correspond to the Great Chinese Famine. For Europe, I think you mean the 1918-1920 dot? Could correspond to Spain after it bore the brunt of the Spanish Flu epidemic. If you consider the fluctuating effect such disasters would have, it's not hard to see the graph as being an accurate representation of the data.
A lot of its wealth and change "up" in the wealth and health comes from the help that many of us Mexicans living in the US send back home. A lot of the money, though, is lost due to the value of the peso versus the dollar. Banks aren't as successful as before but it's getting better. The economy is better, though, after the last few presidents' changes and the party changes. I'm expecting the civil unrest and criminal activity to bring it down again.
Spain did bear the brunt of the Spanish Flu but I highly doubt they got to negative life expectancy. Also it looks like some of the African dots have some wild swings in average wealth too. I will have to watch it again but it just seems like there are some very wild swings in both life expectancy and wealth that I have a hard time accepting.
If the dot goes under the chart, it means life expectancy goes below 25 years old, not that it's negative. If you consider the fact that most Spanish flu victims were young adults, this does make sense.
