Hi John, I was also disturbed by the machine deciding who lived and who died. I understand birthrate quotas and caps for a society that has to contend with the aftermath of any disaster. Quotas and caps may cause morality and ethical issues (as we have witnessed in China), but the survival of a society should be put first. The destruction of the earth was definitely in that realm of thinking. The committee had to make the difficult decision to limit the birthrate to when a person died. The survival of the human race was contingent on being able to provide for that unit. It is interesting to me that the natural progression of a species has always been survival of the fittest. The machine did the opposite. Instead of allowing the fittest
