Why is it that if something recalls (for some) a date in recent history, it is bad, bad, bad; but if it makes them think of the 50s and 60s (i.e. mid-century modern) it is wonderful?— Apartment Therapy Main
Wright and Muller-Landau paper which argued that deforestation will slow mid-century, resulting in more moderate rates of species extinction?— Mongabay.com News
By mid-century, there will be a frankly terrifying 9+ billion of us.
By mid-century this number will jump to every 33 seconds.
Protestants will decline from a majority in 2003 to 40 percent by 2043; Catholics may outnumber Protestants by mid-century— danielmiessler.com

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