How to Defuse the Overpopulation Bomb

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Is overpopulation real? Is Earth filling up with too many humans? How many people can Earth hold, anyway? As our species approaches 8 billion, human overpopulation is a major concern for many people. How can we reduce poverty and our impact on the environment? Do we need a forced one-child policy or something? Maybe not, because when we look at the science and history, populations seem to control themselves. This week we look at all these questions and more.
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[@besmart]

I wonder if we could get all 7.6 billion people on Earth to watch this video? It's worth a try… Leave a comment and let us know what you thought of this week's video! Got any ideas or big questions you want answered? Find us on Twitter

[@CharlyOmega]

It's Okay To Be Smart we could try, but not all people on the planet have the internet

[@matthewmckenna248]

It's Okay To Be Smart This was a awesome video, especially the end 👍.

[@qb4428]

Overpopulation is a myth. We are not running out of resources, and population growth is slowing worldwide due to lower mortality.

[@saintrem]

That will be AWSOME

[@harshityashwardhan]

It's Okay To Be Smart if all 7.6 billion people watched ur video u will become richer than bil gates. But i pray to god that ur dream become true

[@aherprasad]

Man, Pewdiepie has as many subs as the population of the entire world in 4000BCE.

[@Pyotyrpyotyrpyotyr]

soon he will hit the population of the world during the construction of the pyramids.

[@Cerebral2ssasin]

Ivans Bruker I'm pretty sure more than 17 humans existed

[@shadowspoon192]

Cerebral2ssasin yeah like 547 existed

[@shadowspoon192]

Cerebral2ssasin my man is talking 2.4 million years ago

[@besmart]

Well, that certainly puts things in perspective…

[@BlenderBeanie]

thanos used the infinity gauntlet to half the human populations... great job... 5 years and we are back at it

[@liligloo]

Aye don’t ruin my favourite marvel villain in the dcu 😂

[@rahulbosebose1]

Thanos plan was never going to work. If you have massive overpopulation and high growth rate, doubling happens very quickly. So if you reduce by 1/2 it will be back to same level in very short time.

[@BlenderBeanie]

@@rahulbosebose1 exactly, one would have to destroy technology for no reason or create some incurable disease and spread it quickly

[@rahulbosebose1]

@@BlenderBeanie It is more practical to wait till population growth becomes stable. Expected around 11 billion. Then implement policies to gradually reduce population, things like 1 child. With technology available today a world with stable population of 3-5 billion could provide good quality of life for everyone while maintaining environment.

[@rahulbosebose1]

@@BlenderBeanie Yes we are in the 12 monkeys world. Watch that movie if you havent.

[@ddddirge]

Damn, even in CoViD-19 outbreak, the population is still growing...

[@zenniz1992]

The outbreak is doing neligible impact to the population. We need a stronger virus strain.

[@life42theuniverse]

@@zenniz1992 Not WW1, WW2 or the strongest strains of the last century have dented population growth... world population recovered in about a decade from all of them ... hurray capitalism.

[@HippieThenoobgamer]

That's because couples are staying in house more time than ever before 😂🤭

[@shelekhov]

Dear, it was growing during 2 world wars and most devastating plagues ;)

[@ericdew2021]

Population isn't so much growing as that death is decreasing. Which is a good thing.

[@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar]

“We let imaginary lines on maps make too many rules.” Truth.

[@learningagain4094]

False.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

More like imaginary pieces of paper.

[@ithaca2076]

@@learningagain4094 prove it you can't

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@Pro Semite they are referring to money. And money does control much of our lives, too.

[@SmileyEmoji42]

A bunch of imaginary lines is pretty much what maps are. I think he means "imaginary lines on the Earth".

[@Orrinn123]

lol when you said population bomb I thought you meant a nuke to lower the population

[@et.5950]

TheAllomar sad! hahaha

[@aureowendellagbon1348]

hahaha

[@_tkcsa_]

Why not ?

[@f23anone82]

Adolf Hitler would like to know your location

[@tavur]

@@aureowendellagbon1348 really why not

[@sarcasmo57]

People who choose not to have kids are ok. Don't give them a hard time.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Duh. We should thank them for their service and sacrifice to make this a better world for all.

[@ujwalagarwal199]

3:02 For something as depressing as death, I find this animation to be weirdly satisfying....

[@no2038]

Same

[@Boahemaa]

How to defuse the overpopulation bomb Coronavirus: You called?

[@andreiarama8745]

Bullshit, population growth is 250.000 more people a day and corona needed 3 months to kill 500.000

[@777enoch]

@@andreiarama8745 I know, everybody is acting out like COVID-19 is a plague, to be honest it is no worse than any past Flu strain.

[@andreiarama8745]

@@777enoch in Italy the other day died 400+ people of cancer but the news was 9 people died because of covid-19

[@urhstudio8301]

@@andreiarama8745 100% agree

[@baconninja4481]

There’s a difference between killing people and stopping people from having kids

[@thecrippledpancake9455]

What about all the food people throw out?

[@Bubblegumfunfunfun]

The raccoons will eat the food people throw out, and people will eat the raccoons. It's all part of the food chain :^)

[@JacobSmith-xs3ir]

this was covered

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

usa throws tons of crops in the sea so that the supply doesn't exceeds the demand.

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

@@Bubblegumfunfunfun people eat raccoons?

[@Bubblegumfunfunfun]

@@Kamal_AL-Hinai There's a first time for everything

[@cutekinoko_]

I agree about improving sex education in developing nations. I just watched The Philippines' Baby Factory on Al Jazeera's KZbin channel and it covers this topic. Many of my younger cousins who haven't finished middle school are having multiple babies because of the lack of sex education on things like contraception. It then continues the cycle of poverty, young girls staying at home to care for their babies without having finished school.

[@iswim992]

“Maybe we aren’t getting it where it’s needed because imaginary lines on maps make too many rules” 💀

[@Lemon-tu4pg]

"There's too many people we need a another pandemic" -Dwight

[@veryconfused9768]

No please

[@chaliepng]

@@veryconfused9768 nah but dwight is right, humanity needs to suffer now in order to survive in the long term. Don’t wanna be racist or smt, but if we’re going to start a disease lets start it in china, india and indonesia

[@veryconfused9768]

@@chaliepng But people dying isn't solution to it.i am India brother and when you see your loved one die which I am seeing a lot (5 people) it hurts a lot.many people here are considering option of remaining childless or adoption so no need for another pandemic.

[@kaissersreich]

@@chaliepng you do know that even if billions of people die on purpose to "save the population", the economy would suffer a lot with all the job losses and some countries losing too many people

[@chaliepng]

@@veryconfused9768 obviously its gonna hurt but tbh if its for the greater good of humanity im willing to sacrifice

[@dog-ez2nu]

ITS ALWAYS EDUCATION. Better understanding and awareness of pregnancy and sex makes people more careful and considerate.

[@pflernak]

Nah its the idea of equality of sexes and the accompanying shift in values. If society is to value women on the same bases as men then they too must dedicate themselves to their careers. Thus having children later when sexual drives have diminished and they are less fertile. While this does bring down birthrates it increases the individuals consumption of resources. Earn more spend more.

[@tavur]

It doesn’t I don’t see a slow down at all

[@SuperWorldJumper]

He never once said Sex Education. Just Education in general. And specifically for women. But honestly what that also means is kind of sad in a way. A woman is smart enough not to be a mother?

[@cr4yv3n]

@@tavur that is because you are an idiot.

[@ninjasheep7492]

There is one solution which will help this problem.....the spread of anime throughout the world. All of humanity will see that 2d>3d and so they will be satisfied with their waifus and husbandos. This plan is flawless and is not a biased attempt to increase the flow of new anime.

[@chaitu.petluri8113]

genius

[@DunceCapSyndrome]

Filthy weeb.

[@drakan4769]

I for one welcome our new waifu overlords

[@samiagius422]

It might actually work seeing as Japan's birth rate is virtually non-existent

[@darkscot1338]

We also have sex robots cumming so there is that too

[@Jester103]

I love how he says when growing up "there were only 5 million of us" like they attended the same class or something

[@mtn1793]

He feels like he knew them since he knows all their buying habits...

[@jussihursti4981]

Empower women in the 3rd world & birthrates will fall. Empower them in EVERY country in the Middle East & Africa & it’ll fall dramatically. Just saying...

[@forcelightningcable9639]

We tried empowering them in the US and the conservative politicians shut that down, because children are better in poverty and on welfare, apparently.

[@Aragon1500]

Honestly empowering women is a good thing especially in countries where they aren't empowered. However in some countries birth rates are falling so fast that the entire welfare state can collaspe welfare will likely be a fact of life as automation becomes more normal so the real question is do we incentivize stable marriages and raising children in wholesome enviroments

[@forcelightningcable9639]

Nicholas Bryant empowering women (or better said, supporting women’s empowerment-because women are fully capable of empowering themselves) as part of implementing feminism and holistic human rights is great. Empowering women in the quest of some mythical“overpopulation” (which is rooted in racism white supremacist ideology) is shitty thinking.

[@thinkagain1897]

"We tried empowering them in the US and the conservative politicians shut that down" Women have been empowered since they got the vote without signing for the draft. In 1965 white women hijacked affirmative action and made it favor themselves instead of blacks. US women are the most empowered and privileged beings on Earth

[@forcelightningcable9639]

Think Again you think all the black, brown, and other minority women in the US are empowered like white women? You think despite their so-called “empowerment,” white women aren’t being marginalized when it comes to reproductive rights and economic equality, and don’t face gender discrimination on a regular basis? Think again 😉

[@johannageisel5390]

Who is going to tell Thanos?

[@sami2351]

Thanos !!!

[@samwizgamgie3rd828]

How are you going to tell thanos that the best way to control overpopulation is to improve their life? This video just about destroyed comic logic.

[@vincentvega5686]

Thanos neees to snap twice.

[@srkidd12]

@@samwizgamgie3rd828 it's not an improvement. Woman voting causes the bloat of government and diminishment of freedom. Only Net-Taxpayers should vote!

[@mostazezo]

It's okay I will seduce thanos

[@ashwinramesh4186]

*Where's Thanos when u need him xD*

[@christinab.9427]

THIS!!!!!

[@Regdren]

Thanos didn't do his homework. As the video noted, doubling a population doesn't necessarily take very long.

[@bobbyferg9173]

Regdren That is true but if half the population suddenly disappeared then the rate of population growth would likely slow as well. And since several areas of the world are naturally slowing down in birth rates, the population wouldn’t recover for quite a long time. While it can be argued that a reduced population might try to quickly replace itself, I feel like that won’t be the case as at that point it would likely be easier for society to adapt to the reduced population then to attempt to quickly to bank to how things were before.

[@gio1884]

He hurt his head.

[@waquarqureshi4018]

best comment ever XD

[@VirgoINFP]

In the wild, we know when a species’ population growing out of control, bad things are surely going to happen. Human is no exception.

[@cr4yv3n]

Who sets this so called "out of control" limit? Frauds like Ehrlich? Maybe Alexander King? The club of Rome? Maybe Hitler, he was very loved by these guys - he was for reducing population after all. Maybe the American Eugenics society? No? Earlier in history? Darwin's bulldog?

[@TCTheDS]

5:26 "titan was like most planets, too many mouths and not enough to go around" -Thanos 2018

[@iratami]

Educating women in developing countries is helpful. Just keep in mind most men in those countries dont have access to education either.

[@theendurance]

I agree but in a lot of those countries its the men that stop women from getting an education

[@iratami]

Glomo you'd be surprised how often its the mothers and grandmothers stopping them. Basicaly it comes down to "the boys don't get educated because they are working and the girls don't get educated because they are either working as well or are disallowed for one reason or another" reasons vary from country and culture. It comes down more to economics and opportunity than anything else.

[@kenirainseeker539]

"disallowed for one reason or another" yes, it's called sexism. It exists. Quit denying it. Empowering women leads to less birth because less of them are forced to give birth against their will. Less are forced to marry young, depend on a man and have kids whenever he wants. In some countries people are openly hostile to women and girls who seek education. A young girl was shot in the head for advocating for girls' education. Men are sometimes denied education too, sure, but they're not denied education because they're men. Women are very often denied education because they are women.

[@iratami]

Kenni Raine yes mothers and grandmothers keeping their girls home to help around the house instead of going off to get an education that they very well may not use. Or son's being kept home to help make money to suport the family insead of getting an education. Yes so much sexism when the reason is more often than not, poor folks have more immediate problems than "are my children educated" I do highly doubt that many if any people keep children from getting educated out of malice or sexism. Especially with many other more obvious reasons that have nothing to do with sex, like class, income, availability of resources, economic incentive and the list goes on.

[@iratami]

Kenni Raine as for the being "baby making factories" part. Thats just wholly inaccurate. Many of these poor and developing nations have a high infant mortality rate which incentivises having many children so at least some of them make it to adulthood to have children of their own. As conditions improve they will start having fewer children. Thats even addressed in the video

Forever alone people unite, save the Earth!

[@user-wy9eu4sv8p]

I see u have watched Hans Roslings talk😂

[@drizzlingrose]

Infertile people may join your group? :p

[@aintnoway]

you don't need to be alone just don't make baby more than 1

[@narata1541]

Ahmet Suata Nope. Forever alone means no babies. Take yourself and your beautiful girlfriend/wife outa the group! Grrrr!!!

[@Crashed131963]

Air drop condoms over Africa, The Middle east , India, Pakistan, Asia and China. With instructions of course.

[@PsychonicJoe]

That offspring mortality chart is freaking hilarious

[@AichnerChristian]

Thanos: Allow me to introduce myself

[@Roescoe]

Interesting how this comment section seems to be filled with murders who are too apathetic/cowardly to act on it.

[@zeryphex]

If humans are so easy to make, let's strive for "quality" over "quantity." lol

[@jonathandpg6115]

yeeeeeees

[@robertaylor9218]

That comes down to the investment we make in humans, particularly the average investment (because it correlates to a higher average quality of human)

[@bri1085]

A Glass of Freshly Squeezed Ass Juice nope

[@cosmo9925]

Bri10 white people have done more and innovated more than any other race. There's a reason why most populations of white people have a better quality of life in their countries than everyone else. White people invented The car, airplane, computer, internet, phones, trains, modern medicine, space travel, how to produce and utilize electricity and the list goes on. Without white people, we probably wouldn't have even hit the Industrial Age yet, because we started that too.

[@bri1085]

Cosmo 99 al inversely they've done the most damage to the world, be it killing whole species of animals, genocides, making holes in the ozone, and so on. Which begs the question, what is the cost of innovation?

[@Necron00b]

A small note is that , Religion is a major driver in child birthrates, many religious groups believe a variant of "go forth and multiply" and while the world slower turns more secular, the religious often have larger groups of children in order to keep their beliefs alive.

[@cloudkitt]

And other religious groups frown on sex. Religion is not a significant driver. Education is.

[@Naafidy]

Quiverfull movement... ugh.

[@isaacbakan1295]

On sex that doesn't reproduce. Not on reproduction

[@isaacbakan1295]

Yes. While developed nation are at fault for many of the things I mentioned earlier, there is an idea in many religious developing nations that more life is better even if it means more death and suffring. And this should be changed if there people want to live comfortable lives. But I still sympathize with this urge simply to exist more as a people after colonialism almost wiped so many of these people out

[@isaacbakan1295]

Remsies you have a good point

[@eastpavilion-er6081]

0:30 If you are watching in 2019, remember the figure has gone up to 7.7 billion. The numbers are shooting up pretty rapidly.

[@Rajesh-qk1ne]

Worldometers website

[@CharDhue]

How about now?

[@jimmym3352]

@@CharDhue Covid hasn't killed more than the birth rate. Honestly the virus isn't that bad. It's the shutdowns that can kill off every capitalist nation. If these shutdowns continue on and off for years mass starvation and unrest will make a dent in those numbers. Capitalist nations are not geared to be shutdown like this. It will all fall apart soon. Your best bet is to move to China.

[@CharDhue]

@@jimmym3352 im not just emphasizing death case, what i want to say is with this covid poeple stressing too and people will likely think twice to marry or have a child becouse of econimic and social impact

[@Lildicky25]

ask china and india

[@dreamcore]

4:48 It's all true. Each of the college-educated women I've known report absolutely no health issues with our non-existent children. :|

[@porchofgeese_crockpot]

Wait, what

[@johnclayton4946]

FEMINISM IS THE ANSWER! EMPOWER WOMEN MORE AND MORE UNTIL WE HAVE ZERO BABIES! EXTINCTION WILL TAKE AWAY OPPRESSION FROM THE PATRIARCHY! WE NEED MORE FEMINISM SO THAT MORE MEN JOIN MGTOW!🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@jayamilapersson4030]

Educated women can choose to get fewer babies and Waits until they have the money and support to give the child a good and safe enviroment to grow up in.

[@dreamcore]

@@jayamilapersson4030 Unfortunately for them, their eggs will not wait.

[@dreamcore]

@@NotAFanOfHandles I can tell you haven't actually priced these options or IVF success rates in older women. There is no shortage of misled and deeply disappointed women in their 30s and 40s in our cosmopolitan cities and we're bound to see many more. Yes, having the resources to raise children is where a man wants to be, though this same man with resources can do it all more reliably and enjoyably with a younger woman - or even with surrogacy, as you mention, and no woman.

[@nawkderaj]

Or just get all six Infinity Stones and snap your fingers, done!

[@christinab.9427]

yep!!

[@TheGoblinoid]

Wow, a thanos reference! Let me guess, you get genius score on creativity tests.

[@joseavila2443]

What about like in resident evil where they release a virus

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@TheGoblinoid nice sarcasm.

[@ObjectManiacJennifer27]

But I can't snap my fingers though. I'm sad now. :(

[@libbymmhm4866]

*watches video* *heavy breahing* "Oh snap I know some purple guy who knows exactly what to do"

[@adamlolham1895]

oh SNAP

[@juniper_the_hooman6761]

Purple guy definitely knows what's up. He's been on it since the 80s.

[@prasannar953]

Everybody: overpopulation is a problem Thanos: and you killed me when I had a solution for it

[@loudboy317]

Covid-19: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@gheedra2708]

4:50 There's the largest redpill to swallow.

[@MsDavid47]

The only question is was that said on purpose and did he even understand what he said? I know thats two questions but you know what I mean.

[@gheedra2708]

MsDavid47 He most likely knows, but due to him thinking too much about "overpopulation" it wouldn't phase him as negative at all. He most likely is too dumb to realize third world population is an issue and not first world, so the thought of keeping birthrates sustainable would never even cross his mind. That or he is the hero we so desperately need, infultrating the media and dropping pills sectretely.

[@johnclayton4946]

@@MsDavid47 We the first world people are going extinct! In order to maintain a population number stable you need a fertility rates of at least 2.1 children per women! Now look at Germany fertility rates! Go look at South Korea fertility rates! Look at Italy fertility rates! Look at all first world countries and you will see our fertility rates are below 2.1 children per women! Africa and Middle East have an average of 2.8 children per women so yeah in 50 years there is going to be billions of African and Muslims and they will probably make up most of the Earth population!

[@MsDavid47]

@@johnclayton4946 If they dont kill themselves first that is.

[@johnclayton4946]

@@MsDavid47 They won't! They love each other more than we do! Trust me!

[@davyjones3319]

How are we supposed to conquer the space with only 12 Billion people!?

[@josephburchanowski4636]

We can't. That is why the reptilian overlords want to promote the myth of overpopulation so we can never overthrow them. All joking aside, overpopulation hasn't been a issue for humans. Meanwhile underpopulation is starting to become a big issue. Hopefully we can fix the declining birth rate problem by the time we become able to colonize space.

[@thunktankpodcast4645]

Ask Boston Dynamics

[@sergeantgeekyton2528]

Fixing declining birth rate is about as simple as telling teenagers to go at it raw. (I'm joking if you can't tell)

[@thezebraherd8275]

I bet all the people who say they won't have kids are from countries that need to have more kids lol and the country's that need to have less kids won't see this video

[@mihajlor2004]

You are right my country needs kids but i wont have them

[@VV-sque]

My country needs kids too and there are many social projects to help people afford having kids (e.g. receiving money from gov to poorer families) but the gov wants to make single people pay tax for being single, I think thats unfair. I dont want to have kids, ever. Imo, they should let people do what they want and not push them to have kids, othervise- overpopulation.

[@p51mustang24]

That's the point. These video's are targeted at white countries and white people. All of which currently are already reproducing BELOW replacement rate, and where the most intelligent women are reproducing WAY below replacement rate, creating a dysgenic effect.

[@mosquitobight]

There is NO country that needs more kids. Whenever a population has a birth rate below replacement level, that is a combination of the prevailing economic hardship of having a family, and the population having the religious and cultural freedom to limit their fertility. In other words, it is the free market being allowed to operate as it's supposed to.

[@anurupwork132]

lifestyle... THINK

[@pdd3]

We didn't just science our way into increasing the carrying capacity of the world. We took lots of land for ourselves, created deserts, reduced aquifers, polluted rivers, killed off most large wild mammals, and increased the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere to a level never seen in 3 million years.

[@Raylightsen]

Humanity is the true cancer for this poor good planet.

[@ferencgazdag1406]

@@Raylightsen And?

[@remedical6670]

Me: *Hunger Games*

[@denied5492]

Murder

[@petebike]

This video misses a very important metrics. 1st Agricultural intesification andd extensification are totally dependant on petroleum. Eventually we will either lack enough petroleum to continue with these practices, or we will lack thw political cooperation required to extract it feom the earth and get itbto market. Second, agriculture in the United States is totally dependent on irrigation which comes from a 10 million year old aquifer that is not replenished. It is down to 10% if its capacity of 100 years ago. Third, all agricultural areas on earth contribute directly to the colapse of marine fisheries in that their nutrient rich runoff eventually ends up in major water bodies jumpstarting eutrophic episodes. In short. More people means more food, more food means more greenhouse gas, more trophic cascade, and more desertification. People who think the hunan demographic has not yet reached our system's carrying capacity, are simply not taking all factors into account.

[@Mutex50]

Yep, but if you bring this up you will be accused of wanting eugenics. There is a youtuber called Renegade Cut who generally makes good videos, but he made a really dumb video about Thanos and over population. The premise is that we don't have to worry about overpopulation because we can just solve everything by getting rid of capitalism.

[@SokarEntertainment]

"Imaginary lines on maps make too many rules" *sigh*

[@AdrianJoshua]

exactly my thoughts

[@C05597641]

yup. Down with social welfare! up with corporations and unlimited population growth to fuel their demands for labour!

[@feynstein1004]

Indeed. We are one species. It's about time we act like it.

[@ahblooloo8639]

Feynstein 100, open borders for Israel.

[@rdrdrd7777]

One earth! No borders!

[@firasfrigui194]

corona virus : allow me to introduce myself

[@kevitamaster-brewkombucha5472]

Coronavirus: I’d like to introduce myself-

[@macronencer]

Thank you! I needed some optimistic news today. The only thing that concerns me a little is that everyone has their own idea of how many people is 'too many'. Those of us who would prefer fewer humans and more wilderness are going to be 'outvoted' by whatever the average threshold of human behaviour dictates the equilibrium point to be. And I fear that will be, for some, 'still too many'. In case you're wondering, I hate the idea of living in a crowded city because I have trouble sleeping with noise going on, and I also need to get away from other people sometimes. I hope we can find a way to 'let the introverts breathe' in this brave new world.

[@blugaledoh2669]

Have a wall that is sound proof.

[@macronencer]

Sadly, I suspect there is no wall material both cheap enough and sound-proof enough for me.

[@themustachioedfish5988]

Come to think of it, wouldn't literally nothing be the cheapest and most sound proof material ever?

[@blugaledoh2669]

Your brain can't handle that. Quiet isn't the same as silence.

[@theinstantnoodle9628]

macronencer That's not the worlds problem, thats your problem. Im an introvert as well. The world should not need to change for me, I need to change for it... Besides, I need to get out more and make conversation; meet new people, do stuff. The worlds not evil, its just the way it is.

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

Great way to cover Greenland's "no data" area - the snowmen were cool!! Pun not intended...

[@Ronnie.13]

Scriptminer please excuse my ignorance. I noticed the snow men too, what's Greenlands "no data" area? Do they not share their statistics?

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

I think it's something to do with the small population, and how Greenland is part of Denmark. I found this redit post about it: www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2n7ajb/eli5_why_is_there_never_any_data_for_greenland_on/

[@Tebbe1997]

There is data for greenland tho, they had a growth rate of -0.3% for 2015

[@crispybacon4240]

Don't you dare lie to us. Pun ABSOLUTELY intended!

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

Crispy Bacon True, I wasn't going to remove it after noticing it!!!!!

[@kylenapp8507]

I'm pretty sure a snap of the fingers would do it

[@hrishik_]

Hahahaha

[@bbekah]

Or the year 2020

[@arislanbekkosnazarov9644]

4:36 they forgot to add 100 to 2000

[@olavapedersen6049]

I love how you actually mention Norway in videos, we are remembered for once \o/

[@bubbercakes528]

Being from the U.S. I know it is not always good to be mentioned. Ha ha. I long for the day when we’re all just people of the earth; not citizens of competing nations!

[@semaj_5022]

I always remember Norway :) Prettiest country on the planet imo.

[@illosionmouneen2468]

It’s better not to be mentioned, that's how you know your country is in peace and right track.

[@redrockstar3493]

@@bubbercakes528 me too long for the day my friend!

[@maniaemagna]

Unfortunately family/ religions/ society teachs that not having children makes them a failure.

[@mosquitobight]

You have hit the nail on the head. The world's economy is moving rapidly into the future, but the world's cultures and religions are still stuck in the dark ages. Glorifying reproduction served us well when infant mortality was high. But in modern times when almost everybody survives, having too much reproduction is like giving a big bag of candy to a diabetic.

[@mosquitobight]

@Angry White Guy There are two competing strategies to reproduction. The "R-strategy" species go for high population growth and voluminous reproduction, at the expense of little or no parental care. The best example of this is the insects. The "K-strategy" species have smaller families and invest more resources in the offspring they have. The best example of this is the larger mammals, including humans. R-strategy populations are vulnerable to devastating crashes when they exhaust their resource base or ruin their habitat, while K-strategists are in a better position to survive harsh conditions.

[@Burt1038]

Brought here by TFM...I see a bunch of people have already pimp-slapped the comments section. Good job, fellas.

[@johnclayton4946]

TFM is the King! Hey I have a video he needs to respond kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoW5ZWqkppqbbtE

[@jacksonstein809]

Just following your example!

[@randomguy8476]

"How to diffuse the overpopulation bomb" Google: Bing: Drop an actual bomb

[@nicholasheimann4629]

You are neglecting the fact that helping adults, by curing cancer etc. reduces overall economic burden and improves quality of life for all.

[@hatchettwit]

Wouldn't curing/researching increase the economic burden?

[@blugaledoh2669]

no

[@DBZHGWgamer]

As a rule, it is more expencive for a society to treat a disease than it is to cure the disease, even if you need to spend money on developing a cure first. The cost of administering a cure is constant over time and only needs to be used once per person, while treating a disease requires repeated costs over time until the person eventually dies, and the more effective the treatment is at prolonging life, the more burdensome it becomes. Even if the cure is expencive, it's cheaper than continuous treatment, and will very quickly make up for the cost of development.

[@jasondashney]

This video is not about "quality of life", it's about demographics. That's like saying they neglected to talk about the 2018 Honda Civic.

[@billcipherproductions1789]

But those adults would still grow old and will retire. So it;s just a way to delay the inevitable.

[@aemerox5773]

Anyone here noticed the ERROR @ 4:33 in the year count.

[@BelleBeniko]

Æmer0x Yes, I stopped the video to check if anyone else noticed it

[@droidekaone3536]

Lol I did not notice until I saw this comment!

[@xxXthekevXxx]

Maybe that’s supposed to be 2100?

[@gbpecto]

It seems that time machine will be available after 2050 and we can go back to 2000

[@byrongsmith]

Belle Beniko - So did I.

[@NecromanSir]

A good old fact to know, compost worms stop breeding when they notice over population in the compost bin.

[@thejumboshrimp]

Short answer: *THE HUNGER GAMES*

[@denied5492]

2 word : the purge

[@pedropedrohan102]

also 2 word : judgement day

[@Allin5Minutes]

Another reason why education is extremely important. :)

[@jayamilapersson4030]

Wherever deaths among babies are low the women get fewer babies. This often happen in countries who has more education and more empowered women.

[@miketacos9034]

4:33 In 2099, a time paradox will shift Earth back 100 years.

[@rahimeozsoy4244]

No

[@leticianeal9147]

@@rahimeozsoy4244 Okay

[@allanv.2496]

Ok but atleast elaborate

[@Harry-bs1qg]

You can diffuse overpopulation bomb by activating nuke bomb...

[@ramen4047]

"...Many places have too much food. Maybe we aren't getting it where its needed because we let maps with imaginary lines make too many rules." That.

[@glennross85]

Sooooo you are endorsing slave labor?

[@JohnSmith-zu2sy]

Without borders to define a nation, the nation does not exist. Maybe you are a useful idiot who likes the idea of such things.

[@Aragon1500]

Borders are fine but food doesn't have to be something that can't cross the border

[@glennross85]

@@Aragon1500 as long as money crosses the other way...

[@sonoftheway3528]

space IS a problem. not literal space that a human body takes up but, the space that a human uses to grow food/resources etc.

[@abhishekdev258]

Just like humans can adapt so can those plants and animals. If we can double human population we can double or triple or quadruple the population of plants too.

[@TruFinancials]

Love that he used a scene from Futurama at 5:36 to reference a robot army.

[@theblackdeath357]

Did someone say fire!?

[@alexwang982]

Aw, shoot Someone said shoot!

[@alexwang982]

SOMEONE SAID HOWITZER

[@carinacorrea1976]

I've just come across with this amazing video (as all the other amazing ones that I've been watching non stop!) but I could not go into the letter link. It says there's an error in the URL or that it has been moved or deleted. Can you help me? Thanx in advance!

[@madmax5841]

@Carina Mantovani What's so amazing about this video? Western land suffers below replacement value birthrates since the early 2000s. Japan started to sell more adult diapers than baby diapers back in 2016 and so on, but this channel celebrates that "we've defeated overpopulation by empowering women". Well good luck with that!

[@essytsoanyane]

I love this line - 2:15 "Maybe we aren't getting it (food) to where it's needed, because we let IMAGINARY LINES ON MAPS MAKE TOO MANY RULES..."

[@Wicked_Trojan]

Those “imaginary” lines also keep animal disease from spreading throughout the world when epidemics break out - mad cow, swine flu, etc… They also help control viral outbreaks among people, as we’ve learned recently. But leftists hate borders of any kind, so of course a PBS video would casually ignore the benefits of borders.

[@11jokerchen11]

This was insanely informative, I'm so glad this channel exists. The information here is so valuable to share with as many people as possible. There's so much fearmongering out there and not enough focus on how to actually tackle issues. And I'm happy to hear that educating women/girls plays such an important part in so many problems humanity faces or will face.

[@xavaloy]

Do India and China count as developed countries in this video? I ask because just those two countries account for over 1/3 of the entire human population.

[@xxXthekevXxx]

Xavier Cebeira yes, those are mostly developed countries.

[@centcaptain_Dollar]

The size of British territory is 242,495 sq.km, including 6.5 million people. China territory is 9600000 sq,km,including 1.38 billion people. It means in every 1 sq.km, britain have 26.8 people, but china have only 14.375 people. So the population density of britain is 1.864 times higher than China. Comparing the population without size is nonsense. Just simple maths. Every data you can check.

[@voltagedrop5899]

+Huyou Strategically why does the size of a country matter? it is absolutely irrelevant when comparing the actual impact of countries' populations. monaco, for example, has a population density of 18589 per km^2, yet its impact on the world is completely negligible...

[@centcaptain_Dollar]

So that is you take advantage of your small size of territory, and blame big size of country...

[@steveo9009]

Huyou Strategically I'm pretty sure its Voltage 1, Huyou 0

[@kyrre]

What's up with the map of Norway? 0:37, is Troms og Finnmark the fjord or two to spare you're referring to?

[@RaishaDelos]

The way you said 'it depends' reminded me so much of PictureFit

[@jimivey6462]

If push comes to shove, there is always Soylent Green.

[@joncoda365]

But Jim.... SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!

[@jimivey6462]

Jon Coda Congratulations, you win the prize! A lifetime supply of Soylent Green!

[@joncoda365]

No thank you... lol

[@joshn2564]

The more urbanized a person's environment the more human hair, skin & fluids one ingests daily.

[@JC-om7nr]

Soylent yellow, you heretic

[@carpek8752]

Until the interview the video was intersting. Apart from their personal goals, which seem to be good, my personal view of the B&M Gates foundation was instantly lowered, when I read about them teaming up with Monsanto to help farmers in african countries. This is not help, Monsanto is not helping, this is their business and Mr. Gates surely understands that. Instead of having a large company sell not reproductive seeds to farmers and make them dependable, they should invest in local seeds banks to preserve food security and help their economy grow, not a Bayer business, whatever new names they give their products.

[@Ushio01]

+car pek Monsanto no longer exists Bayer bought them.

[@carpek8752]

@@Ushio01 yes I know

[@Aragon1500]

Okay yes seeds that die all the time are bad look at what happened to other crop monocultures. However GMOs are objectively good if well regulated and tested for possible side effects in controlled settings.

[@jimc.goodfellas226]

Want to revisit this? Anybody want to shill for Gates now? I'll be waiting

[@saintjackula9615]

Until the Gates surrender all money except for a $100k a year salary for each, I will never respect them, or consider ANYTHING they do to be helpful AT ALL.

[@VinodPj]

People of earth :population increasing Thanos :hold my beer

[@BeyerEfendi]

3:56 you son of a... - well played, It's Okay To Be Smart

[@jaridkeen123]

We can produce more food, we can grow food inside our homes and instead of growing Lawns we can grow food on all our properties

[@ZxMadGamerxZ1]

nah fam heres our salvation soylent green ,thank me later :)

[@kyjo72682]

Doesn't scale. That's just a hipster thing specific to American suburbs. ;)

[@teona4279]

Depends on where you are in the world, some places have strict laws about growing food (and collecting rainwater.)

[@beth8775]

@@teona4279 Bad laws can be changed. + kyjo72682 And it scales enough to make more difference than you realize. I live in a town of about 4000 people, and most of us have lawns. If we switched to gardening 3/4 of it, my town could produce most if its own food within city limits.

[@teona4279]

@@beth8775 sometimes they aren't bad laws, or they're in place to protect infrastructure that's already there. I don't mind not being able to grow my own food if that means someone who wants to be a farmer keeps their job. I also don't mind not collecting rainwater or growing my own food if it means preventing avoidable sickness, or protecting the land I live on. Not all soil is created equal, and not all areas meet conditions good for growing. I'm saying all this as someone who participates in community gardens in my city.

[@BeCurieUs]

Good video, would make Hans Rosling proud

[@besmart]

This is the ultimate compliment

[@cholten99]

Bumpity bump bump - more people should watch some of Hans Rosling's videos, they're awesome.

[@skippymcbeans]

*you're

[@bushidofreakz]

RIP Hans :'(

[@miabua73]

^ This.

[@tapanactivist5644]

NICE EFFORT, MUST BE SHARED WITH ALL.

[@karthikeyanpg7182]

So boomers refusing to change is the cause for all our problems 😰

[@billcipherproductions1789]

They'll die before 2050.

[@bruh-hr1mt]

@@billcipherproductions1789 unfortunately for us, telomere lengthening exists

[@melissapyle7879]

I hardly think one generation in one country could effect so much.. on to the next scape goat...🙄

[@billcipherproductions1789]

@@melissapyle7879 Yeah.

[@silvasilvasilva]

I don't think you understood the video.

[@andresuru3]

Interesting fact for it's okay to be smart, México is also part of north america 3:53

[@julianalbertoarcesanchez964]

Graph at 4:36 list times as: 1950, 2012, 2050 and... 2000.. instead of 2100

[@LOUDMOUTHTYRONE]

The most accurate video.

[@hannabaal150]

I wanted so bad for this to be clickbait so I could 'splain things, but then I saw it was you. You got it right. That's not a surprise.

[@anonymousunnamed3026]

Again, more proof that when women are educated about their bodies and then allowed to have CONTROL of their own bodies, it is better for the world.

[@jasondashney]

That is not much of a factor at all. It's about the rate of infant mortality. The richer the countries are, the less babies die so the less babies they have. Feminism is an extremely minor part of the equation. Also, it's extremely arrogant and severely ideological to think it's about some grand conspiracy to not have women to have control of their own bodies. The anti abortion crowd feel it's a human life, FFS. To deny them that feeling is just awful. Why do so many people have to be ideologues? It's so sad.

[@NotShowingOff]

Jason Dashney because the infant mortality rate is low, women do have to be sure they want a child, because it will take various resources even if sent for adoption. Ppl are living longer and living standards are becoming more uniform. Plumbing for example. This is a heavy burden on national welfare systems in nations s with welfare systems. The video is right. We have to figure out a way to scale adequate living standards across the world.

[@toedrag-release]

Or you know having self control and don't have sex with just anybody. Only have children with A man you can see yourself with for the foreseeable future.

[@NotShowingOff]

Eric Madery those are high standards for many. That was like that article that told men to only have sex with women who are enthusiastic. Regardless of merit or f the idea, Many men will not be happy doing that.

[@toedrag-release]

IP Freely its really not that high of a standard

[@Erikakicute]

The problem is not overpopulation. The problem is that we have very bad habits. If these 7 billion people acted ecological the planet and everything would be okay

[@generalco2554]

I agree with this.... however the later is easier to solve and doesn't impact Coca Cola's sales of Vitamin Water. ;) Personally I think we peaked around the 2-3B number. Imagine if we had all the technology we have today but 1/2 the people, 1/2 the cars, 1/2 the energy consumption, 1/2 the plastic bottles.....

[@vksepe]

general co Yeah but if u indiscriminately half everything than there is also half the chance of an invention being invented exactly in the same way or time; as the inventor might not be born.

[@vksepe]

Fuc kYourAds Thats if we did it now where the speed at which we have invented things has grown exponentially. For the majority of human history inventions have been created to simplify a process (the entire history of the textiles industry is an example). If there were not a sudden rise in demand for something (for textiles it was brought on by the significant growth of the British populstion) or a drop in supply (the blackdeath caused a population drop which led to higher wages which leads to people innovating to employ less people) of another commodity it is likely there would be no need for the innovation we see today.

[@FinnDuDe95]

But there is also a problem there. If you cannot fully control 7 billion individuals, you will never succeed in this "everyone should change their habits"-plan.

[@Erikakicute]

You don't have to "control" them. You have to teach them about the consiquences and if the people who rule these big industries agree with being more enviromental concious then even if some customers don't agree thats ok. I mean if they don't want to recycle 1)you teach them to recycle or you try to control them to do it (that bad for me) 2) you teach the companies (who are supposed to care) to stop producing plastic and start using bambo etc. then even if some stupid people still have bad habits the problem will be solved

[@earag31415]

I had always wondered if Thanos’ theory maybe was right so it makes me very glad to now learn evidence that he was not.

[@jonnycaviar520]

Fabulous piece. Thanks guys. Nice to have a direction that doesn’t include a zombie apocalypse

[@KingOfTheBeyond23]

Cannibalism would solve both population and hunger.

[@philip9469]

Good idea friend 😊😊😊

[@chibi013]

Let's start with you. Swift would agree.

[@gatoloco3949]

Daruny Beoulve yea but don't eat the human brain.

[@Sipu97]

Yeah but create sicknesses.

[@Crashed131963]

Before the invention of Nuclear bombs we would just have another world war.

[@cooldloop2381]

Just gotta look at Europe right now

[@johnclayton4946]

Empowered Women stop having kids! Oh Enjoy The MUSLIMS Europe! EU=Empowered Uterus US=United Sluts

[@johnclayton4946]

@@chetankhope4348 Dame Tu Cosita!!!

[@MegaHELLRAISER01]

@@chetankhope4348 He isn't wrong though. Why people still think the Great Replacement in Europe is just a conspiracy, I don't know. Those individuals are ignoring data.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

"Someone said howitzer!"

[@dillon4060]

The developing world isn't the problem. Rich countries are the problem. Sure our birthrates are lower, but our resource usage is astronomical by comparison.

[@coineineagh]

Human populations have always lived close to the carrying capacity of the land.

[@tuele4302]

Error at 4:36. It should be 2100 not 2000.

[@vaticinus]

Outdated! Underpopulation rather than over population is now the threat we face. Keep up!

[@maskedbadass6802]

I doubt overpopulation will affect us the way most people expect it to. Look up "The beautiful ones mouse experiment" by John Calhoun. The scariest part is that the closer we get to "utopia" the closer we get to extinction because without adversity/purpose we get bored and just give up on life. You can see this happening in society right now. Life is better than ever, yet we have so much depression and people are having way less sex than ever before. We have growing subcultures of people who choose to stay inside and not interact with other humans(herbivores/hikikomori) and people whose actions make them much less likely to procreate(MGTOW, increased rates of homosexuality due to reduced stigma, and incels) or those who choose a radical belief structure that makes them much less appealing to the opposite sex(feminism making women more masculine and feminizing men.)

[@samlabo1688]

MGTOW or Gay Women are not worth the time and money and emotional destruction Protect respect your self

[@lazypops3117]

this was a long meaningless comment. increasing happiness and self determination, and lifespan, are GOOD for humanity, not violent forced baby making. a person's influence goes much beyond their immediate children too, we live in civilization not a rat colony.

[@_ADM_]

4:33 The magic starts xD I love this graph xD 1995 ----------------- 2012 -------- 2050 -----------2000 (again) we will back to the future, I mean we will back to the past, I mean o.0 or we just invent a working time machine

[@hhhwhat9472]

ADM .PL It's proven it's impossible to go back to the past. Future might be, past no.

[@Kamal_AL-Hinai]

Ohohohoho

[@chilleditingsessions4873]

XD

[@theradin1278]

We will english yes.

[@ajaypratap4692]

Glad to know about INDIA's declining birth rate...

[@tauceti8060]

Ajay Pratap You can't be serious.

[@drakan4769]

it does have a declining birth rate, the growth in total population happens because it hasn't yet balanced out with the death rate (which has lowered even more)

[@AnkitaMazumder24]

India has a declining population though surely but the population pyramid of India is still upright. The only solution is one child norm, not even two. Two is the replacement number but one child halves the population. India should adopt china's policy. And also raising the minimum age of marriage of women from 18 to 21 so that women can atleast complete their undergraduate degrees before marriage. Many women (for example my neighbour who was married off while she was in high school) are married off early so there is always a chance of more than one child and on top of that, she is not highly educated. It is a fact that highly educated couples tend to have lesser children. Believe the me govt of India is doing massive efforts to spread the two child norm, making vasectomy free, distributing free condoms but a huge strata of the society is still below the poverty line and uneducated. Their only recreation is sex so people who live on the streets have 2, 3 even 4 children while nursing a baby. Also the 'I have to have a boy child' poses a problem. People undergo multiple pregnancies and childbirth just for a boy child. The citizens of India, though are an integral part of population controll regime, are not very efficient. It is time to take a strict action against the growing population by the govt.

[@nltiro3387]

Ajay Pratap India super power 2020 😂

[@jmitterii2]

Birth control pills and condoms. Give people the power to control their choice instead of being stuck by them. That can help too.

[@supersipra3782]

Eren Yeager:- I need to use my founder again!

[@juanitadudley4788]

Since we haven't run out of food and resources with 7,000,000,000+ people as predicted, why can't we adjust to the 9-12 billion that we are expected to peak at?!? With technology, we are learning faster and faster. We may figure out in 15 years what is expected to take 30-40 years to figure out. How many times has it been predicted we would run out of oil or other resources by now?!?

[@JaredLobash]

pretty simple way to feed more and more people... significantly cut animal agriculture and instead focus on providing large quantities of high-calorie plants to the developing world.

[@Statalyzer]

But the problem isn't the caloric output of the planet, the problem is getting that caloric output to people in lands ravaged by wars and crime and repression and corruption.

[@thetoontastictoon1720]

How would cutting out animals feed more people? Sounds like LESS food. Plants and animals equals more food, but having only plants sounds like less food. Especially if crops go bad and then there aren't any edible or nutritious plants. Likewise, cutting out plants and having only animals sounds like less food and less nutrition. Wouldn't both be better?

[@GraveUypo]

some people like to live on supplemental pills. others aren't vegans.

[@jonatanolsen37]

GraveUypo livestock are supplemented with b12 aswell.

[@jonatanolsen37]

The Toontastic Toon Eating the plants directly will equal more food than to feed the cows first, and then eat them.

[@anissa9303]

But I thought millennials werent having enough kids or something and China has strict childbirth laws?

[@kenirainseeker539]

Millennials aren't having kids because the economy for millenials is completely and utterly fucked. Maybe if we didn't have to worry about paying off student loans more of us would be more open to the idea of having kids.

[@tgw6354]

You see, millennials don't have as many children as people a long time ago because theirs a lesser chance of, well... Pissing and pooping allover themselves and dying

[@mosquitobight]

Millennials are experiencing diminishing returns for their education dollar. They are getting fewer jobs and lower purchasing power than their less-educated predecessors had.

[@jasondashney]

Kenni Raine - if millennials would get degrees in industries that are in high demand and pay well they'd have no problem with paying off student loans. It's nobody else's fault so many people get degrees in things that don't pay well, yet cost a grip to go to school for. The quickest way is to go to trade school, TBH. If you graduate high school and go immediately into the trades and become a Journeyperson you can be making really good money by the time your friends are just getting their batchelors degrees, and if you invest wisely you'll be doing really well by the time they get their masters.

[@DaisiesInVenus]

Jason Dashney Another reason why Millennials aren't getting any jobs is because the Baby Boomers just won't retire and if they do, they want people with "experience" and won't give any Millennials a chance. Why should these Millennials give up there dream careers because these old farts just won't give up those High Paying rare jobs. Unfortunately that is why I didn't end up studying my Dream Career of becoming an Astrophysicist just because I didn't want to waste my precious years studying for almost a decade and then not get a job . This is why Millennials are effed. Also students loans, horrible economy and other factors. But like you said, it's best to just study something short, pays well and it's in High Demand.

[@jhonklan3794]

This is just not accurate. We wont have to worry about overpopulation but we will underpopulation. We have no model on how to deal with an aging population but we do a growing one. The amount of people who go hungry has been shrinking not growing with out growing population.

[@jullyxiao814]

I don't always make sense, but when I do, I don't.

[@gingaguy]

3:55 GOLD

[@Nadiki]

Is it just me or does the baby on the front of the bomb in the thumbnail look like Fallout Boy?

[@stiofanofirghil1916]

About 2.3 billion still suffer from hunger despite such amazing advances sadly..