Comments on: Stop Scaring Yourself http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/stop-scaring-yourself The life and thoughts of Ryan McElroy Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:46:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: nordsieck http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/stop-scaring-yourself/comment-page-1#comment-533 nordsieck Tue, 07 Dec 2004 10:02:32 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/?p=196#comment-533 It is somewhat ironic, that the poor (unsuccessful) produce far more offspring than the rich (successful) creating a sort of economic anti-darwinism in the modern world. Tying this in to the modern political landscape, it seems to me that social programs will increase at an increasing rate, as the ratio of economically successful people to those who are not economically successful increases geometrically. This is assuming that people follow basic laws of economics and utility. It is somewhat ironic, that the poor (unsuccessful) produce far more offspring than the rich (successful) creating a sort of economic anti-darwinism in the modern world.

Tying this in to the modern political landscape, it seems to me that social programs will increase at an increasing rate, as the ratio of economically successful people to those who are not economically successful increases geometrically. This is assuming that people follow basic laws of economics and utility.

]]> By: Erik http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/stop-scaring-yourself/comment-page-1#comment-532 Erik Mon, 06 Dec 2004 07:40:02 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/?p=196#comment-532 The funny thing is that the Mr. Malthus just had to learn the very basics of the animal fund chain o learn that populations auto-maticaly right themselves through such things as famine, bringing themselves to a sustainable level. The funny thing is that the Mr. Malthus just had to learn the very basics of the animal fund chain o learn that populations auto-maticaly right themselves through such things as famine, bringing themselves to a sustainable level.

]]> By: Arcanius: the weBLog » http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/stop-scaring-yourself/comment-page-1#comment-538 Arcanius: the weBLog » Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/?p=196#comment-538 [...] </a> Filed under: Everything Politics — Arcanius @ 02:12 pm Related to a <a href="http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/index.php?p=196">previous bit I posted</a>, this is from the Wall Street Journal Online: Twists and Turns “S [...] [...] Filed under: Everything Politics — Arcanius @ 02:12 pm Related to a previous bit I posted, this is from the Wall Street Journal Online: Twists and Turns “S [...]

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