tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post4228953602289753458..comments2024-01-16T03:42:46.705-05:00Comments on The Downward Spiral: Half of All Americans Could be Obese by 2030Bill Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-49353354140165433622011-08-30T19:31:01.055-04:002011-08-30T19:31:01.055-04:00@MNG - interesting. I'll have to check that s...@MNG - interesting. I'll have to check that story out.Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-30001199138800524232011-08-29T23:15:30.513-04:002011-08-29T23:15:30.513-04:00The drastic changes made in Soylent Green not with...The drastic changes made in Soylent Green not withstanding, Harry Harrison's "Make room, make room" was typical of silver age SF - prescient in topics and some details but wrong about the dates.<br /><br />In Harrison's case he nailed the 7+ billion world population, crumbling infrastructure and public services, nearly bankrupt economies and a majority living in destitution. His date for this was off by a few decades when he set it in 1999...MrNiceGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15956428291969275973noreply@blogger.com