Finitude (ePub)

This book contains observations, philosophy, and advice from a manufacturing-era engineer at end-oflife. It started as an investigative report on an environmental issue that the author had been working on
for more than 30 years: damming of the Great lakes to produce hydro power to be used by politicians to
buy votes. It is destroying the Great Lakes, which is 20 % of the earth's fresh water. However, in doing
research for this book, the author stumbled on to a worse threat then ruining the Great Lakes:
extinction of the human race. The birth rate in most countries is below replacement and the numbers
point to extinction of the human species possibly as soon as 2300. There are too few babies being born.
This book details our current problems. All of the USA's current issues play a role in humanity's decline:
birth circumstance, peace and order, education, economics, health, jobs, etc. The author presents
observations in each area, draws conclusions, and proposes solutions. Adoption of actions items may
lengthen our finitude. Maybe when the earth's population gets down to one billion, humans will
respond by altering their behaviors and governance to keep themselves, USA's democracy, and the
human species going for a while longer. That is the purpose of this book.
Ed.