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		antisthenes 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to... Then we haven't had a stable population in several centuries, because it was rapidly growing. Yet we have made (hopefully this is not contentious) great strides in technology, human rights, and general quality of life. Certainly there were some stable societies in that timeframe?

bryanlarsen 23 days ago [–]

"great strides in technology, human rights, and general quality of life." is growth, not stability.

antisthenes 21 days ago | [–]

Congratulations, you have taken the argument so far from the original point as to make it useless.

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