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To: koan who wrote (13733)	3/26/2012 9:40:53 PM
From: TopCat	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

"This radical reshaping of the natural world by a single species is certainly unprecedented in Earth history, which a few years back led to scientists Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer coining a special name for our epoch - the Anthropocene." Oh good...we have a new name for "it." I wonder how much that new word cost to come up with. Now.....what do you propose we do about it and when?

To: koan who wrote (13733)	3/26/2012 10:11:02 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

They agree that changes to the world since about 1950 have been startling - rapid spread of the human population I'd quarrel with a +/- 1950 start. It really fired up about five centuries past, coincident with the slow, partial and yet imperfect evolution of a new social organization commonly called capitalism. Been a pretty impressive run so far, and it's just getting started. It only commenced reaching the masses in China just over three decades past, began replacing the nasty Gandhi/Nehru legacy in India about fifteen years ago. Not bad for such a short time. Now the increased Chinese prosperity seems to be spreading even to parts of Africa. It'll continue, probably with some foul regressions along the way. Early indicators imply that population growth will slow in inverse proportion to prosperity. Funny how some 'tards see more people doing better as a bad thing.