Jim Grisanzio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But on a more serious note, Japan is dying. Literally. The whole > country. The population today is about 125 million but will be cut in > half in 50 years because people are not having kids and the government > is determined to keep immigrants (foreigners) out. So, Japan will > slowly die away sometime late this century (estimates range, of > course).
The same is happening to Italy and many other first world countries. I suspect, though, that things will change fairly deeply before that happens. In particular, I suspect that we're about to see more change in the next 30 years than has been seen in all of human history to date... Perry