Posts tagged “Population”
What I’ve noticed
Some of the language in this article on Chris Brown’s abuse of Rhianna is really upsetting: a brutal argument between the singer and his girlfriend, Rihanna, provoked by her discovery of a text message from another woman. [emphasis mine] Abuse is not a “brutal argument” and “provoked” suggests she somehow is to blame for the […]
Overpopulation
From Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: The Norse were undone by the same social glue that had enabled them to master Greenland’s difficulties. That proves to be a common theme throughout history and also in the modern world … : The values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate […]