1.These two articles deal with different aspects of the population issue. What is Meyer's big issue? How
do girls and women fit into Whitty's considerations?
2.What does the term "carrying capacity" mean? Is it possible to have too many people on the Earth?
What does population have to do with sustainability?
3.Both Michael Meyer and Julia Whitty consider economic issues. What are their main points? Any
common ground between the two?
4.What are the key features of "quality of life"? Does quality of life seem likely to suffer more with a
declining population or a growing population?
5.Why is talking about the population problem taboo (Whitty's title)? Any way around that to have a more
open discussion?
6.The response to this 6th prompt does not have to be 125 words in length. Pick one of the two articles
and summarize it by writing 4 lines that rhyme. Be sure you are capturing the main points