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How to Maintain Humanity Under 500 Million in Perpetual Balance With Nature
The first piece of guidance on the guide stones was maintain humanity under 500 million in perpetual balance with nature. This has been the most controversial of all the guides. In 19 80, when the guide stones were unveiled, the world population was four point five billion to day. In 20 21, it's almost eight billion. If we were to take the world's population level down to what kirston recommended, it would have meant a decrease of four billion people in from the 19 80 level and seven a half billion from the present level. That sounds and the question immediately arises, how would you do that? People wouldn't do that voluntarily, which means the government would need to pressure them by