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Re:The Limits to Growth–Now Available to Read Online on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:50AM (#38752413)
See my other comment:

The Limits to Growth (the linked text) led directly to the one-child policy in China and forced sterilization in India. Its supposedly scientific recommendations were adopted by the UN, the World Bank, western aid organizations, and the governments of those countries, with evil consequences.

Further reading:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1506469.stm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-30040790

Re:The Limits to Growth–Now Available to Read Online on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:47AM (#38752406)
Fine, I’ll elaborate.

The Limits to Growth (the linked text) led directly to the one-child policy in China and forced sterilization in India. Its supposedly scientific recommendations were adopted by the UN, the World Bank, western aid organizations, and the governments of those countries, with evil consequences.

For further reading on the ethical implications, see below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1506469.stm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-30040790

Re:The Limits to Growth–Now Available to Read Online on Saturday December 23, 2023 @11:23PM (#38751103)
Possibly one of the most evil books ever written
I’d be interested to know to what extent password reuse is genetically determined…
Re:Merge soon on Thursday September 15, 2022 @02:29AM (#32847901)
Not necessarily — commodities like gold have similar properties and they are also generally given a market cap.