We often talk about the problems of depopulation in Japan, such as immigration, pension funding issues, labour shortages, etc. But what if depopulation wasn't actually that bad? What if we have been living in a state of overpopulation for the last few decades, and now we are rebalancing the population to a more sustainable level? Do you think it's possibly all just going to be ok? 

Think about in nature. If one species gets too populous, a predator will also increase to reduce the population. When the first species reduces, the predator doesn't have enough food to continue surviving, so their population also decreases, and a balance is achieved. 

Do you agree with this logic? What about societal issues, financial promises that were made (e.g. pensions and welfare, etc)?

 

 

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On the 19th of October this year, a group of 4 seemingly professional thieves somewhat successfully executed a heist at the Louvre in Paris. They stole 8 historic artefacts, mostly from the former French royal family. 
The entire event took between 4 and 7 minutes, despite alarms sounding. The thieves used a mechanical basket lift to access a second floor entrance, cut through the window, smashed display cases, and then escaped on scooters, exposing serious issues and failures of the security of the worlds most visited and famous museum.

A crown was quickly recovered as it was found either discarded or dropped in a gutter, but the rest remain missing and investigations are ongoing. 

This raises serious questions about security though. How was this allowed to happen? Who was in charge of security and had they recent changed anything? What are the chances that someone working in the Louvre was helping them? 

What are the chances that the pieces will be recovered, and especially recovered undamaged?

 

 

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