The sun is shining and I’ve been outside to put air in my tires. That’s my achievements so far. Oh, I did put oil in the engine too. It’s a 15 year old car with a lot of mileage so it needs a top up every few months. I guess that’s like a normal vehicle, but I never do an actual oil change. I probably should. If you go to the BMW dealership they’ll do it for you while you sit around in the VIP lounge pretending that you’re rich enough to spend $200 on an oil change. I’m exaggerating a little, but I’m not a fan of dealerships. One time they loaned me a brand new x6, but I had to sign some document saying that I wouldn’t drive it more than 200 miles out of state or something. They almost lectured me about it. I began to question the character of the type of people who visit the dealership. I’m not that type of person.
In simpler times we used horses to get around. It must have been great. Nobody traveled very far, and people stayed where they were born. Look at what the modern world has brought us? Nobody stays in their own country any more. They all want to go to the nice places to live. Soon enough there will be no nice places left. Everything is being rendered unrecognizable via mass migration. In the past some diversity was good I suppose, but in a global society the minorities are European people who built Western Societies.
For example in 2023 India has the largest population of 1.428 billion people, followed by China with slightly less, at 1.425. The United States is number three at 330 million people. It’s nowhere near the first two. India has the highest birth rate, twice as many as China. If you go by the highest birth rate per one thousand people, the top ten countries are African nations. Africa is the sleeping giant of population growth in the future.
According to a United Nations study, more than 8 out of 10 people in the world will live in Asia or Africa by 2100. In 2023, Africa’s population is around 1.4 billion but by 2100 it’s projected to reach just under 4 billion, four times the current population of India.That’s going to be interesting to say the least. We’re already getting an idea of what it might be like now, and it’s not pleasant. Will these projections will come true as predicted? A few more manufactured pandemics and “cures” for them might put a dent in this coming tidal wave of people, but the world in 2100 will be a very different place from this dysfunctional hellscape in 2024. If human evolution proceeds in the manner and pace that it does today, life on earth will be ten times worse.
If we ever needed a Time Machine, now is when it would be very useful. That’s about all that’s going to help us navigate what’s coming.