{"id":153233,"date":"2026-06-19T21:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153233"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:30:05","slug":"as-populations-fall-nations-that-can-tap-human-potential-will-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153233","title":{"rendered":"As populations fall, nations that can tap human potential will succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFor much of the 20th century, many were accustomed to thinking of people as an ever-expanding resource. As the number of people grew, so did labour markets, consumer markets, scientific communities, production systems and armies. In 1950, the world\u2019s population was about 2.5 billion. In 2026, it is reaching 8.3 billion. In just 75 years, the population has increased more than 3.3 times.<br \/>\nIn this sense, the current human population may turn out not to be a permanent norm, but a historical anomaly&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3357296\/populations-fall-nations-can-tap-human-potential-will-succeed?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFor much of the 20th century, many were accustomed to thinking of people as an ever-expanding resource. As the number of people grew, so&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153233"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}