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A Figure Like That<br />

twentieth century and the early decades of this<br />

one and there had been a large shift of<br />

populations across the world. There was also<br />

the natural rising population of the human<br />

species as medication had improved over last<br />

couple of centuries. Now, in the twenty<br />

seventies, there was now something like ten<br />

billion people on this planet.<br />

Sophie checked on her watch, she still had<br />

five minutes until she expected Jamie to turn<br />

up so she flicked through the BBC’s online news<br />

channel. Another Russian mafia boss had been<br />

caught selling fake cancer treatments in South<br />

Asia and there were a few editorials that<br />

reviewed the recent water wars in central<br />

Africa. She sighed. Even now with cheap energy<br />

some people just wanted even more even<br />

though it would have been much better for<br />

everyone if people didn’t fight each other, war<br />

and crime still occurred. Human nature she<br />

conceded; new technology and politics had a<br />

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