Yesterday the estimated world population passed 6,666,666,666. Interesting (though just coincidence) the estimated number of available IPv4 addresses was supposed to pass 666,666,666. Perhaps we are the beast?
An interesting thing to note is that the population is increasing at a very rapid rate. How long it’s sustainable before a Malthusian catastrophe is subject to debate. Some say the industrial age freed us of that pending disaster, others say that just bought a little more time. By about 2024 there is expected to be 8 billion people. IPv6 can’t come soon enough
[Hat Tip: Slashdot]
Contrary to populat belief, the world population will not keep getting larger until it is unmanagable, but instead, peek, and start to decline in a few years. The reason? More women across the world have more access to safer *** practices, and birth control methods.