Demographers estimate the seven billionth person was born yesterday. This is wonderful news. People are great. People are one of the very best parts of Creation.
CBS news estimates that the typical person - the one with the most common features on several measures - is a 28-year-old, Mandarin-speaking, Han Chinese, Christian man.
The UN estimates that the seven billionth person was probably born in India.
Some lament our growth to seven billion people. They think more people just means more problems. And of course there are problems in the world, which we should keep working to solve. But our economy, political system, culture, and even-the human-shaped environment all exist to serve people - not the other way around.
Some worry that we will run out of resources. I do not. This has never happened, and is never likely to. We are a problem-solving species. We respond to challenges with ingenuity.
Moreover, population growth in the world is slowing down. In the developed world we are already looking at population decline, and decline in world population is not far behind. I might live to see the peak world population.
Cherish the seven billionth person. Cherish the average person. Cherish your own people.
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