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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '1999-10-11T03:12:09'
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title: Tomorrow, August 12, the world
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Tomorrow, August 12, the world population will reach 6 billion. This is up from 1.5 billion just 100 years ago. Many, many people have written dire essays regarding the population boom, but I'd never seen a well-written paper actually applauding it. Until [Memepool](http://www.memepool.com) passed on [this article](http://www.informinc.co.uk/LM/LM124/LM124_Furedi.html).