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World Population

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Can Planet Earth Feed 10 Billion People?

Humanity has 30 years to find out.

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Adapted from The Wizard and the Prophet

Charles C. Mann The Atlantic Jan 2018 25min Permalink

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The Dying Russians

A 15-year-old Russian has a shorter life expectancy than a peer in Bangladesh, Cambodia, or Yemen.

Masha Gessen New York Review of Books Sep 2014 15min Permalink