Produces environmental degradation Global ecosystem cannot sustain the high consumption Curbing that growth is imperative for survival Many factors give rise to large families Children help support parents in later years Male resistance to contraception Efforts to bring down the population growth must include not only strategies and benefits relative to family planning, but must also include the role and status of women in societies in which they are treated subserviently. Restructure how people live their lives When new technologies are introduces without addressing the social conditions that control access to them, they may in fact exacerbate social problems Verdicts about the worth of an innovations ultimately rest on value systems. More likely to learn new ideas and practices from contact with different casual acquaintances than from the same, close circles. Different social networks transmit differing innovations and news. Our own collective efficacy will, in turn, shape how future generations live their lives.
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