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Assuming that life expectancy will remain the same and that the number of children will also not change Hans Rosling predicted our world population never will e

Assuming that life expectancy will remain the same and that the number of children will also not change Hans Rosling predicted our world population never will exceed 11 billion people. He was a very passionate and entertaining public speaker. https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen/discussion?language=nl https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_...

Jach 8y ago
Does anything in his talk refute the UN projection of over 11 billion people by 2100? https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/world-population-prospects-2017.html https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/world...
collyw 8y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation Carrying capacity is estimated at 7.7 billion. And I have seen that Hans Roslings predictions have been revised upwards. Doesn't look good either way.
- empath75 8y ago
  carrying capacity keeps getting revised upward also.
  - collyw 8y ago
    Sure, but what's the end goal? That we all end up like caged chickens? We could probably cram in lots of people that way.
    - drb91 8y ago
      IMHO the idea of a goal is an attractive illusion.