Fertility 2.0 meaning

[Igneouss]

Here's my guess:
Total Fertility Rate (look it up) is a widely used measure of fertility. The value for the world has been declining. It will reach the magic 2.0 value sometime around 2030. At that point, by some measures, the population of the earth will be replacing itself (for those born then and going forward). It's a tricky demographic to discuss....

But understand that TFR 2.0 is a magic number. Hence Fertility 2.0 (simplified).

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[junglesmacks]

Or..

"As an interesting note: The BM org was formed in 1997 when the theme was first Fertility, and this year, the new non-profit was formed and there has been some restructure in the inner-workings of burning man. So, I do see this theme choice as a purposeful connection to the events in 1997. A resurgence of Fertility in the organization, and hopefully in the community!"

http://bureauofmisinformation.com/

[FlyingMonkey]

I guess I was way off then. I was thinking more along the lines of the next stage of mankinds evolution where humans merge with machines. Kind of a Gigeresque biomechanoid slant on the whole thing.

[ygmir]

I guess I was way off then. I was thinking more along the lines of the next stage of mankinds evolution where humans merge with machines. Kind of a Gigeresque biomechanoid slant on the whole thing.

*waiting for Simon to pounce*

[illy dilly]

I guess I was way off then. I was thinking more along the lines of the next stage of mankinds evolution where humans merge with machines. Kind of a Gigeresque biomechanoid slant on the whole thing.

That sounds like more fun though!

Lets all celebrate Fertility because the BMorg has reorganized it self isn't much fun.

But I like to think "Fertility 2.0" just means "Lets all do lots of extra humping this year"

[Elderberry]

Well the theme would be perfect for the Flaming Lotuse Girls. They can bring back their Fallopian tube.

[Homiesinheaven]

the playa sure is becoming more fertile each year...

[JStep]

I guess I was way off then. I was thinking more along the lines of the next stage of mankinds evolution where humans merge with machines. Kind of a Gigeresque biomechanoid slant on the whole thing.

Ray Kurzweil is The Man.

[Simon of the Playa]

mutate or die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjtv8tVtVRw

[Foxfur]

I'd smoke crack with her and make lotsa mutant babies...

[Simon of the Playa]

omg you've read my files.

[Simon of the Playa]

the playa sure is becoming more fertile each year...

[Foxfur]

the playa sure is becoming more fertile each year...

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[Foxfur]

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[theCryptofishist]

What a sad world. Google cannot find the very pertinent logo from the bags from Rasputin's...

[lightningbug]

Pueblo Bonita -sacred kiva

[RedHeaven]

Fertility! Thanks for rubbing it in, BMorg!

I like all these explanations. Gonna be a good *fucking* year.

[Cheyenne]

I'm gearing towards awareness of the population Matters movement...

A bit negative and apocalyptic, but you may get the jist of it in this excellent documentary narrated by David Attenborough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF15YAvT9G0

[Simon of the Playa]

[moonrise]

The full documentary is worth watching. A bit humbling...

I'm gearing towards awareness of the population Matters movement...

A bit negative and apocalyptic, but you may get the jist of it in this excellent documentary narrated by David Attenborough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF15YAvT9G0

[Simon of the Playa]

it's not quantity, it's quality.

The term "Nephilim" occurs just twice in the Hebrew Bible, both in the Torah. The first is Genesis 6:1-4, immediately before the story of Noah's ark:

1. When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
2. The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
3. Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."
4. The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

The second is Numbers 13:32-33, where the Hebrew spies report that they have seen fearsome giants in Canaan:

32. And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.
33. We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."

[H.G.Crosby]

i suppose when it gets right down to it, some people ARE actually entitled...

[Ugly Dougly]

Nephilim were probably an ancestral memory of Neanderthals or Denisovans.

[Simon of the Playa]

[ygmir]

Nephilim were probably an ancestral memory of Neanderthals or Denisovans.

or:

[Simon of the Playa]

[FlyingMonkey]

Nephilim were probably an ancestral memory of Neanderthals or Denisovans.

Well, if you watch the History Channel long enough they will probably have a show that "proves" that the Nephilim were ancient aliens that mated with early humans making us what we are today. Obviously modern man could not have existed without them.

[Simon of the Playa]

actually this is based on watching the entire jersey shore series over and over and through scientific method have determined that the short round meatballs on the show are NOT Nephilim, but are indeed, aliens from the planet Buttafuoco.

[Roberto Dobbisano]

and that begs the question i suppose, should we let these people spawn?

[theCryptofishist]

Nephilim were probably an ancestral memory of Neanderthals or Denisovans.

Well, if you watch the History Channel long enough they will probably have a show that "proves" that the Nephilim were ancient aliens that mated with early humans making us what we are today. Obviously modern man could not have existed without them.

Ha! You are going to have to refute Powers!