Saturday, November 8, 2014

Let them eat red herrings?

In the past and up to the present day, there have always been food shortages in one part or another of this world. However, it is only in modern times that we can say with some certainty that there is absolutely no need for any human being on this planet to face death by starvation or malnutrition. There is no good reason why that should occur. Hence, I view most of the ballyhoo about population growth as a red herring. Instead of focusing on the fear that human population is expanding at a rapid rate, we should focus on the fact that for the first time in human history we can eradicate hunger. For the first time in human history, we can and therefore we must free humanity from that affliction.

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