The Evolution of the West

In 1700, the world's population was about 600 million as compared to 8 billion today. 50% of kids died by the time they were five years old. The every time a woman had a child, it was about as risky as being an astronaut on the space shuttle. And so game A 1700, initially a great thing for humanity, hauled us out of all living in deep poverty and misery. But now we have reached the long level of power where we are at planetary limits across the earth.

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