Automation is causing and replacing population loss in the post-industrial developed nations.
So really there are 4 groups;
- under developed nations
- developing nations
- industrial-developed (*natural resource and manufacturing economy nations)
- post-industrial developed/developing nations
What I find worrisome is who is populating the post-industrial developed and developing nations? Our social welfare systems are based family size payment/benefit allocation. If the lowest of a society are bred into this situation the trend may very well reverse itself in 100 years.
Reverse-evolution à la Max Max ...