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MagnarTheGreat said:

Wall Street Journal - Earth’s Population Should Peak Before the End of the Century​

Newly released U.N. estimates project that the overall population will top out at around 10.29 billion people in 2084



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It needs to peak and then go down. There's too many of us already. :(
 
squeekness said:
It needs to peak and then go down. There's too many of us already. :(
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How dare you! Then corporations will push to loosen restrictions on child labor and increase the retirement age to keep up with demand. :o
 
Lily Adler said:
How dare you! Then corporations will push to loosen restrictions on child labor and increase the retirement age to keep up with demand. :o
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Plenty of jobless humas out there.
 
MagnarTheGreat said:

Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet​

Ten years ago, much of the frustrations gamers were expressing came from anger over no longer being the target audience. Now those feelings are everywhere, from fandom to politics.

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Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet

Ten years ago, much of the frustrations gamers were expressing came from anger over no longer being the target audience. Now those feelings are everywhere, from fandom to politics.
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Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life - The Survey Center on American Life

Disconnected: Places and Spaces presents new survey findings that suggest Americans are less connected than ever before.
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American social and civic life was once defined by diverse clubs, groups, and organizations. However, it has declined by every conceivable measure since the mid-20th century. Today’s Americans have fewer civic opportunities—that is, places, institutions, groups, programs, and activities in which they can experience community life. Americans participate in organized activities less often and join fewer community groups than they once did.

Relatedly, Americans have smaller social networks and fewer friends, and they spend less time with their friends, neighbors, and family members. This state of affairs has led Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to declare the United States is facing an “epidemic of loneliness and isolation.”

But America’s civic decline has not affected all groups equally. Americans with college degrees often reside in communities with abundant civic opportunities and thriving civic cultures. They participate in associational life at high rates and have robust social and friendship networks. In contrast, the relational lives of Americans without college degrees have contracted dramatically—compared to Americans with these degrees today and without them in the past. Two institutions that were formerly crucial sources of civic connectedness for less educated Americans, unions and churches, are now more likely to serve college graduates.
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If America was a nation of joiners when Alexis de Tocqueville toured America in the 1830s, it is certainly not today. Most Americans are not joining groups. Despite the decline in religious membership over the past three decades, Americans are still more likely to be members of religious organizations (33 percent) than of any other group.

Beyond religion, Americans join little. Fewer than one in 10 (7 percent) Americans today are members of labor unions. Fewer than two in 10 Americans belong to each of the following community groups: hobby or activity groups (17 percent), neighborhood associations (15 percent), and sports leagues or workout groups (only 10 percent). Just 16 percent of Americans belong to parent groups or youth organizations.

The drop in organizational membership has not affected all Americans evenly. Americans with college degrees continue to join at relatively high rates. Americans without degrees, in contrast, are increasingly unattached.
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Robert Putnam on Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, and Making America Social Again | Crooked Media

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Robert Putnam, renowned political scientist and author of “Bowling Alone” and “The Upswing,” joins Offline to explain why bowling alone and scrolling alone are two sides of the same coin. Putnam has spent his life deciphering why social capital—our connection to each other and our communities—has been withering away for the last 50 years. The consequences of this trend are the focus of a new documentary, “Join or Die,” which explores the importance of civic engagement in America. Bob and Jon talk about the film, why social capital undergirds democracy, and why the internet is no substitute for joining an in-person club.
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