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We Can Dance Around Environmental Problems All We Want. We Eventually Reach Overpopulation and Overconsumption: https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-envir
by spodek 5y ago
We Can Dance Around Environmental Problems All We Want. We Eventually Reach Overpopulation and Overconsumption: https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/475 https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo....
- kleer001 5y agothankfully we'll peak at about 10 billion and drop from there https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/world/world-population-shrink-intl-scli-scn/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/world/world-population-shrink...
- yboris 5y agoWhenever I hear "overpopulation" from anyone, I want them to watch this video: Overpopulation or Underpopulation by Toby Ord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7LgGylpI9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7LgGylpI9U A rough snippet: note that hammers and songs are different. Hammers are made of matter and require labor. Songs are a pattern and can be copied virtually for free. Songs are more valuable when there are more people: greater total enjoyment. And having more people means more minds to create great things. Some things like computers are so complex that they require a large population to make. Smaller populations might not yield the amazing technology we could otherwise have.
- xscott 5y agoThis video might be more approachable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LyzBoHo5EI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LyzBoHo5EI I'm sure it won't convince all of the Malthusian doom and gloom sorts, but it's worth a try.
- bsder 5y agoExcept that as soon as you make life for women not suck, your country falls below replacement rate almost immediately. The easiest way to avoid overpopulation is to establish equality for women.