Overpopulation facts - the problem no one will discuss: Alexandra Paul at TEDxTopanga

Actress Alexandra Paul breaks the silence on one of the most taboo subjects of our time: human overpopulation and how to resolve the crisis that is adding 220,000 more people to the planet every day. In this fact filled talk, Alexandra discusses the overpopulation problems of 7 billion humans multiplying at a rate of 1 billion more people every 12 years and offers a simple solution: Transform negative cultural attitudes about the Only Child, and celebrate the short and long term benefits of small families.
Alexandra reminds us that coercion in any form is not the answer to changing cultural and biological norms. Instead, rewiring our biology through strong cultural messaging, education of girls and empowerment of women are the solutions to stopping the current momentum towards 10 billion people on the planet in 40 years.
Alexandra emphasizes that because each American born uses so many more resources than someone from a developing country, it is equally important that wealthy countries have small families. She discusses the economic tradeoffs of a smaller population in a world where capitalism reigns: because the capitalist system depends upon more and more consumers, there are strong forces at work to keep the numbers of people on earth growing. But at what expense?
And since human numbers cannot keep getting larger forever, at what point will we change our ways? When it is too late?
Most controversially, Alexandra believes that, if humans are to survive on this planet, the ideal family has one child and the ideal number of people on earth is 2 billion. "If that is too radical, then it is time for radicalism. Too much is at stake to be polite." This talk is full of overpopulation facts.
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[@garycel]

My father passed away this past April at 92 yo. Since his birth, global population tripled

[@QuietlyCurious]

Really good point, and my condolences.

[@jenniferh189]

That's pretty scary.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@jenniferh189 World population tripled, because it was supposed to, and such natural growth was very good for people.

[@jenniferh189]

It was "supposed to?" Sounds like some religious nuttery to me. Growth has been followed by disease and famine for many people...not so good for them. @@yosefmacgruber1920

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@jenniferh189 Religious nuttery? Isn't that what I hear from you? I am talking reality. What are you talking about? You do not want to deal with reality? What is with the excessive gloom-and-doom? There is no reason that that imagined gloom-and-doom has to happen.

[@terranowa2080]

I don't have children and never will have children, people may say I'm selfish, not a problem.

[@n.p.c7599]

Thanks for not breeding would not want any more of those genes

[@trustmaker1014]

Why would people call you selfish? I mean unless you're specifically talking about adoption. But it's not selfish to not want to bring another child into this mess

[@calobor9561]

Me 2 I don't have children. Having Children is overrated now.

[@geraldboyle613]

I have no desire to add to the populace problem either. There are too many people for the support capacity left on our world. Our spreading populace reminds me of Cancer! I would never bring new life into this world.

[@shaney169]

It's selfish long term to have a lot of kids

[@dec23]

I always find it funny how people claim us child-free adults are selfish when countless people make babies every day with no thought or care about the child. They're just reacting to their bodily needs. I personally believe I'm the opposite of selfish. I choose to not have children because I care and it's not something I just thought of out of the blue.

[@mugumyapaultheafricannomad9488]

I love you already. You're nice to our planet, I'm just like you. I'm not thinking of adding a new person on Earth, I'm generous

[@GeistInTheMachine]

Amen to both of you.

[@animalshaverights127]

right?? Selfish is not thinking about the orphans and homeless and animals. but no.. they're forcing animals to move out of their habitat to make their precious homes. THATS SELFISH.

[@patrickgleason2066]

I entirely agree with you. I think that it’s the most unselfish thing anyone can do.

[@jragon9215]

Is that why there is so much saturation in every industry?

[@LianaBuzea]

So, 8 years later from this talk, we grew an additional billion...

[@Ravi9A]

Thank god.

[@Devin7Eleven]

@@Ravi9A No, thats horrible. The more people we add, the more we need to provide for them. Which means the more of nature we must pollute, destroy, vandalize, and erode. This in return means more restrictive and non-luxurious life for everybody else. The quality of life goes down.

[@Ravi9A]

@@Devin7Eleven The rest of the world doesn't live in the parasitically decadent levels of wasteful life Americans do. yet happiness is still possible for them. The problem is the culture of obsessive consumerism and materialism, not Having kids. Even in your response, you are obsessed about luxury and "Must pollute". This is your problem. Not the world's.

[@Lol78209]

Hit 8 Billion today !

[@gamer8300]

@@Ravi9A you do realize our resources are finite right? Not to mention the huge impact on quality of life that comes with overpopulation. Take a look at the living conditions of some countries that are massively overpopulated.

[@edreyes894]

the problem is everyone thinks they will be the ones surviving. When it begins we will know better.

[@johnryan1287]

Live in the city, and you're dead. Reliant on government, and you're dead. It's actually a pretty good evolutionary mechanism yet to be discovered.

[@goldsunrise9hd485]

@@johnryan1287 100% correct, point to be noted.

[@hezekiahjohnston8360]

like "surviving" a nuclear incident? only to expire from fallout / cancer as everything is irradiated ?

[@blackopal3138]

Apparently it begins in 2029. Asteroid coming, The Super Thaw, complete with a rise of both meters and degrees, has been bumped up to 2030, Mass migration, Earth signals reach the first known possible inhabitable planet in 2029. Europe is suffocating, Switzerland, France and Italy have about 10yrs left until people start flooding the alps looking for water, then Canada will see the largest population shifts in human history as probably a billion+ people will flock there, enough to overwhelm the gov't and disband it, then set up new nations. Same will happen to Russia. China has already started on both countries, give em about, mmm idk, ten years, lol.

[@justthinkingaboutallofit]

Whatever it is. Just make it happen now. Not when my son has to deal with it because I will survive. A lot wont. Which would be fine. I could miss all electronics allthough i use them just fine. I am also fine on any continent with any color of my own constitution. Do you have anything to bring to the table if the power would go down? Not just technical or stengt....a person good fpr moral or great woth any kid or a great cook with nothing are all valuable...but many have not even anything close to value for a group on a deserted island as shown on tv...but still those people have a big mouth. Everyone should be put on an island 2 weeks every 10 years to know your true stength of caracter and value in the human community..just 2 cents worth of a view..

[@victortellez4987]

dude this is the worlds major problem everybody asks for a better quality of life better pay etc etc but nobody wants to discuss overpopulation and you know its a serious problem.

[@ralu4mike]

Yep. It's the truth.

[@billypilgrim7838]

gotta love them Catholic Hispanics they got their own baseball team

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

A little less vax for Sub Sahara Africa.

[@melvinrexwinkle1510]

Victor tellez no problem when the population outgrows it's food supply then some of the population will starve. No reason for anyone to worry about it

[@victortellez4987]

@@melvinrexwinkle1510 sounds about right lol but in the meantime we'll be destroying this planet with the overpopulation.

[@ladycrystalr-u.s.a]

I've seen that phrase on a sign: "Adopt one until there are none". They were talking about pets. Maybe that should also apply to children too.

[@ausbare140]

sounds great now go out and try to adopt a child in your own country do not even think about a over seas child. Government red tape.

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

Yes!

[@thefrannypanny]

Well said. I agree with you Lady Crystal R!

[@thandinkosihappyman1414]

I know that apply to the Africans pets and Asians

[@artemis9137]

@Midousuji Akira I don't know, both of my siblings were adopted. Yes, my parents had to go to court on multiple occasions for their second child but we still ended up with both of them.

[@baldon2652]

Whenever I point this out people lose interest - I think they're in denial.

[@caitlin1142]

I’ve had the same experience. People seem to just think of themselves and not care :(

[@baldon2652]

@@caitlin1142 I've read that the planet can only sustain between 1 and 2 billion of us, assuming that we want to preserve other species -- does your information give a similar range? + I would like to open a dialogue with you if that is possible, so, please let me know and I will give you my email address, assuming that is possible within this format. Yours, Brian Mills.

[@caitlin1142]

baldon26 yes I’ve said 2 billion is the maximum the world can sustain. In order for everyone to have a good quality of life we really need to think about how many children we have, as there are already billions starving and in poverty. Also I found in the U.S alone, 400,000 children are in the foster care system ! Can you believe that ? So surely people should adopt rather than continuously breeding 🤦🏻‍♀️I’ve only really spoken about it briefly with people as a lot of them don’t want to hear it

[@caitlin1142]

baldon26 we also need to remember that we are not the only species on this planet ! We have completely taken over the planet so there is very little room left for wildlife. 99% of the worlds population is made up of humans and their domesticated animals. I could hardly believe this but it came from a very reliable source. I believe our huge population is the driving force behind global warming. I’ve heard that having one less child is the most impactful thing you can do in terms of saving the environment.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

I think that many people know that humans are supposed to multiply, and as a pro-lifer I welcome the natural increase of humans worldwide. I have long encouraged people having larger families to promote the human life. Huge numbers of people have objections to birth control, and as a pro-lifer, I naturally agree with their objections to birth control and with their reasons for growing their families. Those reasons are easy-to-understand and compelling.

[@michaelvangundy226]

It seems like those who cannot take care of even one child, have 6...?

[@sakatasun6857]

People dont like to here that, when I went to bangladesh I asked a couple why they are having another child when they cant even take care of their first. They said oh God will take care of it.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@sakatasun6857 That is a reasonable expectation, that God should take care of it. Because it was God who commanded people and designed us to multiply. But we should do what we can, to take care of our growing families. And in other cultures, maybe children and large families are more values, and accumulating material wealth, not as much. Also, huge numbers of people have objections to birth control, so all the more reason why they feel no obligation to somehow "limit" their rising family size.

[@sakatasun6857]

@@yosefmacgruber1920 except it is my family that is PAYING for their expenses. Not god.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@sakatasun6857 Are you talking about your own children, or about other people's children? Government welfare is wrong, because charity by definition has to be voluntary. We are supposed to help the poor, but the Bible does not provide for a civil penalty for failing to do so. Government is not to use its "power of the sword" to force people to be charitable, but rather we have to answer to God for that failing. And if we are talking about your own children, many people believe that God may indeed take some financial responsibility and financially bless people who have faith to accept his children. I certainly believe it is okay to pray something along this line, "God you gave me these many children. Would you please give me some ideas or some job opportunity or tell me what business that I should start, so that I can better support them?" For many people, it somehow works out. Even if not, who would sell their children for money? Children are valued regardless of whether there is a big house for them, great education opportunities, and all that. BTW, many large families in other countries, are not receiving any sort of government assistance. So how are you supposedly paying for them? And all the wealth of the world, truly does belong to God. Back in the time of the kings, the king pretty much "owned" all the land, supposedly. Even now, the corrupt government pretends like they own most all the land, and you have to pay your annual land bribe "property tax" if you want to go on pretending like you own it.

[@sakatasun6857]

@@yosefmacgruber1920 other peoples, I dont see why it should be our responsibility to take care of them

[@SharMess]

I was terribly disturbed by OVERPOPULATION as a young woman, too, and how obsessed with war and killing our governments are. So I never had any children, knowing I wasn't missing out on anything. I am now in my 60's and have NO regrets. I applaud this video!!! Thanks so much!

[@DinaStrange]

thank you for being an intelligent human being!

[@SharMess]

It was a no brainer!

[@nursomancer1837]

I won't be having any children either. There's no way I could mindfully bring another being into this world knowing the decline our planet will most likely be in by the time they reach adulthood. I'm also going to be pursuing a highly rigorous course of study for several years in college and don't have time for any pregnancies or children.

[@SharMess]

Niki Bird Best of everything to you! I wish you God's love and protection throughout your Earthly journey.

[@bubbajones6907]

This propaganda is aimed at people just like you. You're proof that it does work to a degree.

[@drwmtairync]

I didn't know anybody else felt the same way I do! Few people get it.

[@caitlin1142]

We need to realise it is one of the biggest problems facing humanity

[@GhostRangerr]

It's because only Few people are smart in this world

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@caitlin1142 People are supposed to multiply. The big problem that we are facing, is the anti-family pushing of contrary-to-life contrary-to-nature, birth control. More and more people would be glad to live. Every human life is of immense value and sacred. Human populations everywhere should grow and spread naturally and freely.

[@iconstudy7474]

Go to fb and joi Antinatalist group. No child policy. Earth don't need any kids

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@iconstudy7474 But I am a pro-lifer. I am more interested in promoting the human life and encouraging people to have larger families. I believe that the already-so-huge world population, should grow more freely and naturally so that many more human lives can be experienced. I am quite okay with the world naturally filling up with billions more people. Human populations were obviously so meant to grow and to spread. So why should I join some awful, perhaps even hateful, anti-freedom group? Just so that I can argue with them?

[@filougreendog]

a few things to note my understanding is that growth is slowing and population will peak in the next 50 - 150 years, most of the current growth is because people are living longer. most of the environmental degradation is driven by us greedy consumers, not poor third world families finally, if we didnt waste so much food and if we ate less meat there would be more than enough food to feed 10 billion people at current production levels

[@AyeCarumba221]

You are missing the point completely sir or madam. The point here is not CAN we feed 10 billion people, or 15 billion or 20 billion. Probably we could feed that many if we needed to. But whether or not we can feed them is a moot point really, because environmental degradation will occur, whether or not we can successfully feed those people. Also your point of the degradation occurring because of western consumption, is also really not relevant. For example, say we cut our consumption in half. But then the population triples. In that case, you were still behind. You can continue to cut your consumption, and recycle all you want, but unchecked the growth of the population will eventually outstrip the savings you have gained. You are not looking at the big picture, but you’re doing what most humans tend to do is looking at only a micro picture that doesn’t tell the entire story. Humans must connect the dots. Unchecked, or uncontrolled growth is not sustainable indefinitely.

[@Helga7850]

You're terribly wrong. It's not a matter of space. It's a matter of resources. Trees, drinkable water will run out because there are too many people who need resources.

[@dstuart2918]

I'm expected to smile with joy when friends make a new baby and I'm to buy them gifts. I'm going to stop the smiling, hugging and gift giving. These people can't even take care of the dog they leave inside for 9 hours a day while they toil at tedious jobs with big salaries. The baby comes and they dump it at day care. I don't get it.

[@j.h.6633]

D Stuart You’re not wrong...

[@donmckechnie9858]

Agreed! I don’t get it either.

[@Jay-vr9ir]

BINGO!!!!!!!!!

[@jenniferr9624]

Exactly.

[@KS-zc4jn]

No need to smile with joy and feel the need to buy gifts for them (I am a mother of many and know that there are people who disapprove of that. I would never expect anything from anyone.) I also agree that people shouldn't birth children to just drop them off at daycare while they go to work. I am a stay at home mom to all my children and have been since before my first was born. And no, we are not on welfare, and my children ALL have the same father.

[@susanmozayani5440]

The innocent foster children are placed in government housing with minimal love and attention because of their parents lack of responsibility.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

We have to give people money to get sterilized. Done.

[@sherbjorkgren2769]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 I hope you see my post

[@anneneville6255]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 we are given with the vaccines. What do you think ;)

[@seculair2996]

Those so called ''parents'' should had undergo mandatory vasectomy BEFORE procreating.

[@brendajohnsonlawrence2053]

Where did you get this false information? I am an advocate for children and elders. Parents who lose their children to government agencies are too poor to fight them. Most of them are low-income and typically on government benefits. My experience e over the last twenty-plus years is the government offers cash incentives to States who foster and adopt children. There is no abuse or neglect in most of these cases. Elders are taken from their families and forced into state-funded facilities and their assets are seized from the family's inheritance and given to the states. It is all about the money! NOT parents' lack of responsibility.

[@litlwing13]

You are not alone in your fear. I too decided not to have kids.

[@aidendinkel3971]

You’ll be alone when you don’t have kids

[@soumyanilroy72]

@@aidendinkel3971 no they won't be. Relatives, friends and neighbours exist in this world. Kind strangers are also there.

[@shamtradtam3769]

@@aidendinkel3971 you could be alone even if you have kids and they decide to kick you out

[@alan6832]

Towns need to fund abortions and contraception to save school tax and voters need political moving vans so they can move to those towns in order to vote for more municipal abortion and contraception funding

[@nishendo9938]

@@aidendinkel3971 You don’t need kids to survive

[@KJSvitko]

Every year, year after year charities keep asking for money to feed the children. Yet nothing ever changes. It never gets better. Maybe their focus should be on reducing the number of children that do not have parents that can provide for them. Having a child you can not provide for is cruel.

[@77elleinad73]

It’s all in the Education. Educating the new generation of children about family types. Educating the women, empowering the women so that they don’t have as many children. BUT, circumstances may be that it is not up to the women how many children they give birth to as well. It is an extremely complex issue.

[@KJSvitko]

@@77elleinad73 Men need to take more responsibility for their children or get a vasectomy.

[@Agent-ve5rc]

Agreed

[@angelseye7492]

well said

[@ashwanikumar-gv6ir]

Me too. I also question why the people who can't afford food can afford. dozens of children.

[@ghostburgers4284]

I realized that the world was overpopulated when I was 15. The world is overpopulated and it has never been so lonely.

[@ahmedosama3380]

BRO this is my opinion, There is no problem with overpopulation, there is a problem with OVER LOOTING STEALING, CHEATING in this monetary system .To hide this reality people will listen many lectures like this. World has enough resources and money for every human being. She gave example of STARVING Kids in Africa, who is responsible for poverty in Africa???

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@ahmedosama3380 If you cannot explain why you think there is enough resources and money for everyone then you really wasted a comment! Reasoning, evidence or just a simple explanation can go a long way toward creating credibility!

[@OldTeaMate]

@@ahmedosama3380, you ignore the fact, that each and every person on Earth represent a pollution output. It's completely unrealistic - not to say unreasonable - to have every person living as a Buddhist monk with the mere purpose of hyperpopulating the planet to the farthest degree.

[@anandhua.b4589]

@@ahmedosama3380 you're just denying the fact now

[@WyattCayer]

@@ahmedosama3380 Money isn't a problem, money is a fake thing. Resources are all that matter. And admittedly I would always think to myself, well if everyone starts dying from overpopulation, won't it just correct itself by doing so. 7 billion to 10 billion and back to 7 billion. But climate change effects on crops, soil, and water are also an issue that would compound with the overpopulation, so I feel it's better to be concerned about it than not be concerned. Heck if there are less people, we get a bigger slice of the pie, so why don't we take action to reducing it though having less children. If overpopulation will just lead the the unnecessary death of those who are born into a planet with 10 billion people, why don't we just take a course to correct it. Prevent deaths from preventing people from choosing to have no more than one child, or adopt one of the millions that want a home. Seeing as climate change and overpopulation compound each other's effects, I say let's take course to correct it. Getting rid of fossil fuels is good, but many machines like planes and etc. physically can't do so. So if we wan't to counteract both issues at once, it would be great. Not saying you can't think differently, just my observations and conclusions.

[@robertcece6972]

Personally I think the most sensible and humane solution to this problem is not to stop having babies, but to start eating all the babies we already have.

[@ezr168]

More people more problems, enjoy.

[@Shishir27]

Yes

[@neilefc877]

I am glad we are finally addressing this "taboo" issue, but the idea that the speaker believes the problem can be solved primarily via a population reduction in the First World is quite puzzling. Population growth in the majority of advanced, educated countries has been declining or levelling out in the last 70 years. The biggest problem is the Third World and the solution is likely access to knowledge, schooling and contraception. The situation will sadly get worse before it gets better.

[@mugumyapaultheafricannomad9488]

The issue must be global. The point is about resources that sustain humans on Earth. One USA kid uses 270 gallons of water a day, an African kid uses 5 gallons a day, this means that though USA population growth might be slower than Kenyans, the very ones produced in USA are still too many. On carbon footprint, USA person emits 9 times more carbon than African..... This could imply that maybe s country like USA might need to bring down it's population down to less than 100 million.... And Africa needs no more than a billion people too to have sustainable continent.... India grew from 80 million people to billion plus in under 100 years 😭😭😭😭.... My point is not about who's supposed to slow down child birth. That is the problem when someone thinks they're not the problem,,,, but instead everyone on Earth must focus on population reduction.... We need to drive back the population down to at least 2 billion people and never increase it beyond that. My opinion. I'm African. I'm 34 and no kids, I don't plan on having any kid

[@Ravi9A]

No, the biggest problem is the so called advanced parasites who consume hundreds of times more than the rest of the world. You, Precisely are the problem.

[@kaleidoscopeeyes1184]

I bring up overpopulation whenever my family gives me grief for deciding to be child-free. They don't like it at all. But it tends to make them shut up for five minutes.

[@kathrinel.j4382]

He he maybe I should try it.

[@zeushernandez9639]

Kaleidoscope Eyes I’ll remember that in the future

[@gindphace]

wow, you sound so smart

[@natvize7201]

I love my children so much that I didn’t have them, and they will never suffer the lashes of existence.

[@lilpup1414]

@@conceptobject how tf did he kill his children if he didn't have them 💀

[@oneforall6338]

conceptobject haha bruh

[@timmyhoward6638]

@@conceptobject Gasoline? What? He didn't even mention gasoline at all

[@timmyhoward6638]

@@conceptobject I'm talking about OP's comment. Not the video

[@CrystalReneeMusic]

Preach!!!! I feel the same way.

[@g3orgge788]

I’m never having kids , I like knowing I don’t have to put myself in harms way to protect someone.

[@christopherjohnson9167]

soft

[@georgesteffey8375]

@@christopherjohnson9167 lol

[@shayseahawkraptorfan]

@@christopherjohnson9167 how?

[@christopherjohnson9167]

@@shayseahawkraptorfan not having kids because you’re scared of having something precious to protect. Seems cowardly and selfish to me.

[@christopherjohnson9167]

@Palvishe Bilal well if you feel you dont have the capability of being a good parent, fine that might be the best choice. But if it’s because you’re scared of the responsibility I think that’s kind of weak, personally.

[@morganbrown6637]

To me, it would seem like nobody wants to discuss a problem that implicates themselves invariably. Thank you for having the stones to bring this issue front and center as it should be.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

AMEN! Subscription earned! It's because they (who don't want to listen) are COWARDS.

[@judahsoremy9857]

It's NOT an issue, unless you're referring to the agendized indoctrination of depopulating Anglo-Caucasian-Europeans as the "issue."

[@morganbrown6637]

@@judahsoremy9857 You're painting a mirror, dude. Humans have become an infestation that is causing all of the other animals to go extinct. Have you ever heard of the Anthropocene? That matters. There might look like there's room, but what's everybody going to eat when the animals and usable farmlands dry up and disappear? Each other? The problem goes way beyond your opinion, and so do the facts.

[@travissharon1536]

I believe overpopulation is a total farce. Cities are overpopulated, but the world is absolutely not. There is no proof that co2 even causes climate warming. Our society is riddled with problems, but the number of people is absolutely not one of them. I'll gladly discuss and give proofs for my claim if anyone wants.

[@morganbrown6637]

@@travissharon1536 Let me guess- you're a Christian?

[@brendam.5343]

Humans need to recognize that other species have a right to live too.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Agreed. Although, correction: INDIVIDUALS of other species have the right NOT to be bred, tortured & murdered. SPECIES themselves deserve no rights. ONLY INDIVIDUALS can suffer & therefore have rights.

[@t.ra-larchangelofthugnezz9010]

Not even a right, but other species are a necessity for ours

[@jozkomrkvicka7607]

I do not think so. Other species would wipe us if they could. We are the only chance right now to save the Earth's life.

[@kingjr1714]

Jozko Mrkvicka no we are the downfall

[@ihategoogel3682]

We are the biggest threat to it

[@andrewweber6030]

People need to understand that if they keep having more and more kids, that WILL be our downfall.

[@petrhorak931]

What will be the downfall? War/diseases/famine?

[@4NeonFun]

We will have more disease, war and famine with a growing population and undeniably more to feed, house and support overall.

[@new_at_school2911]

Yes & The Worst is The FACT ; Children will feel deppressly LONELY !!!

[@KD-cg9iq]

Canibalism

[@jenniferr9624]

Most people overestimate their worth so they will breed.

[@susanah0202]

Finally someone with sense!

[@brendanh8193]

I don't think that she understands what she is advocating when she talks about depopulation. Especially putting a 2 billion limit on the world. Furthermore, she certainly wasn't understanding the trends of the naughties, where birth rates dipped below replacement across all continents except Africa. And parts of Africa are now following. So we are unlikely to reach 10 billion. So another example of idealism disregarding the consequences.

[@soumyanilroy72]

@@hardware144 get an education.

[@resphantom]

Vegans fighting about reducing meat products and cows producing methane gas, people arguing about pollution and the climate crisis. Moving towards electric vehicles, with toxic battery waste to fill the lands. You will see every child will grow, with the dream of a home, a car and a nice family with plenty of food. When you realise that the whole population is like a big beast. And as the blind beast grows, so too does its stomach and its destruction beneath its feet. Leaving behind enormous footprints. The beast yearns out a cry "We want more."

[@brendanh8193]

@@resphantom So what do you suggest we do about it?

[@resphantom]

@@brendanh8193 Only plan to get none, 1 or 2 kids at most. Build a culture around that idea. One way is to look at Japan, their population has been reducing for years. That's the slow and ethical way, the quick unethical way is a few nukes, artificial viruses, the purge or find some waterborne organism that neuters a bunch of people. Or you know leave it and let nature take care of it, but I can tell you now, nature herself is an even bigger crueler beast.

[@enatp6448]

I get really frustrated by parents who feel they are fulfilling some sort of noble calling by having children and that they should be rewarded with all sorts of recognition and compensations. And when I see families of 4-5 kids, I have to shake my head! In this day and age, it seems truly self centered.

[@paulv2394]

Well said!

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Many people still believe children to be wondrous blessings from God, and how do people conveniently forget that huge numbers of people have objections to birth control? I very much agree with people having large families, because every human life is of immense value and sacred. Human life is beautiful and amazing, and human life should grow and spread however much possible, however much that God may allow for us to grow. As a pro-lifer, I also have many objections to birth control, so I do not at all expect people to keep their natural family growth to be more so "under control", since God deliberately commanded and designed for people to multiply. Also, big families better socialize children to thrive in the increasingly populous world to come.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@thea lolo Well at least somebody still loves their children enough to have 8 or however many children. We should respect our natural reproductive rhythms and welcome our children to freely push out of the womb, no bizarre or unnatural birth control needed. But it is *OUR* Bible that commands us to multiply, so why aren't Christians and Jews having as many children as the Muslims? They are not not having too many children, but rather we are having too few.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@thea lolo You have 3 children? Why so many? Lots of people have 3 children, and that also adds to the growing population size. But because every human life is of immense value and sacred, and I am a pro-lifer, I am fine with the population size naturally growing. But with 3 children, couldn't you have an "unexpected" child or two, and then I am having to defend you having had 4 or 5 children, as families come in all sizes, and like so many people out there, I am pro-life and I do not expect for people to somehow "control" their family size. Many people are fertile and their families can become big easily sometimes. And I very much understand and agree with people's objections to birth control. Many large families do a great job at making sure that they give their many children good attention. And their siblings help as well. I live in my own country, but why should that matter? Relevance? Would or should my pro-life arguments change if I was a migrant or immigrant? I watched the video a long time ago, and I do not agree with the actress at all, whining pathetically about how the world population was just 3 billion and has now naturally pushed up to 7.8 billion. Well a pregnancy swells the belly also. To be expected. Sure, the world population is becoming "really big", but so what? Wouldn't that hugely benefit humans? And wasn't it our proper destiny to become someday huge in our population size?

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Not at all. It is good to have 4 or 5 or even more children, because more and more people would be glad to live. What is wrong with parents so much loving their children, that they naturally tend to have large families? And what of the huge numbers of people who have objections to birth control? As a pro-lifer, I very much agree with most objections to birth control, thus I have no expectation that responsibly married couples should somehow control their fertility. I am quite fine with people giving birth to baby after baby after baby, well because God commanded and designed that we should multiply. We humans get no break at all like the animals that have a very limited "breeding season". Humans remain "in heat" year-round, thus do we need any more signs that humans in general should have large families?

[@easaav1]

You make a great point. But unfortunately, it falls on deaf ears. No one will ever do any of the things needed to save us. But the universe will eventually take care of the problem.

[@simoncss1]

I liked your comment. & fully agree that the Universe or at least at smaller scale, Mother Earth will take care of it. What folks don’t realise is that when She steps in, it won’t be comfortable for everyone. The human race should just rein in itself but...

[@doktawhawee9870]

Stop being such a nihilist. People are already realizing that such things as population growth are big issues.

[@simoncss1]

I guess it's a never-ending debate based on signs + symptoms observed or the denial thereof, so this should be closed somewhere. Only some1 with a lifespan counted in centuries, millennia or maybe eons, can verify (some time in the unknown future) which possibility would come to pass, going by current age's trend.I also hope for the best for our (human) race but in the meantime, I've chosen to identify myself as a "Troll" (meaning - somewhat outside of the human race). By choice, I'd have preferred for 0 child but to be fair to my partner, we did go for 1. Hopefully, she'll grow up to appreciate the little (but no less important) things in life, on Earth & not just take everything for granted.

[@standardprocedure7017]

If global income inequality was taken care of there probably wouldn't be a problem. If history was addressed and colonisation and imperialism in particular were address this probably wouldn't be a problem. Then again, if these things were addressed those in developed countries won't be in the privileged position talking about how those from developing countries should reduce their populations even if they consume far less resources as stated in the video.

[@goremall4330]

easaav1 you’re sadly right.

[@DemonTwilightWolf]

Not to mention that overpopulation will cause many people to live in poverty. More people applying for jobs then jobs are available. I am 23 years old and am struggling because there are over 1,000 people fighting for the same position that I want. More people consuming makes food and gas prices skyrocket. Because there isnt enough to sustain everyone. But I'M the selfish one because I dont want kids. Who would bring kids into this world when you know that in about 20 years it will be even harder for them than it was for me to get started? My 1 bedroom apartment is $900 a month and I dont even live in a nice area. But I had to fight for this because I didnt want to live in the street and someone else take it from me. And in a few years, it will be even harder for me to survive. A degree means nothing nowadays because EVERYONE has a degree in my field, making me useless because someone got to the job first. Someone who was 10 years older than me and has the right to survive just like I do. Degrees mean nothing because there are 1,300,000 who have the same degree in computer engineering as me. And we all know there isnt 1.3million jobs open for everyone to work. We need to stop reproducing. We need to start adopting. Why bring a child into the world and consume the resources that someone already born could use?

[@billg9502]

Why breed on a climate changing , polluted planet ?

[@jenniferh189]

yep. why people don't understand basic supply/demand economics is beyond me. 1 million people living in the Bay Area = decent housing costs. 10 million people= reallly high housing costs. I don't understand how the same liberals fighting for reasonable housing prices are also totally in favor of immigration and the increased population that goes along with it. Or why conservatives who don't believe in social welfare can't figure out that birth control/fewer children will help keep people out of poverty.

[@robertojasso1866]

Capitalism and religion are the root problems.

[@pajamac55]

How on earth is it my problem that you are unable to find job? Make yourself special, network, do research and you will get the job! Or start your own bussiness/startup. Yes, degree means nothing, but dont blame overpopulation for that, thats a problem of education. "More people consuming makes food and gas prices skyrocket." Look, thats not how economy works, higher demand = lower prices.

[@jenniferh189]

@@pajamac55 higher demand = lower prices? umm....not with a fixed supply.

[@danseabreeze1404]

I've always thought the same and have no children. But I agree that when I've spoken about this people don't like it at all!

[@caitlin1142]

Most people are just selfish and don’t care about the planet :(

[@nielspemberton59]

This video should be required viewing for all members of Congress and all US Military officers.

[@JaiUneGuruDeja]

I adopted two kids instead of growing my own. Karma is lookin’ good

[@kumara5492]

what a noble act . You'll have top place in heaven some day .

[@kumara5492]

Only Humans can think like you. All others eat sleep and mate just like any other species , driven by basic instincts.

[@joebodkin6906]

Thank you Jai... In my mind you are growing your own. I'm sure in your mind you're "growing my own."

[@kayholand_]

nice to see educated ppl doing the right thing :D

[@gindphace]

@@kayholand_ the absolute state of this comment section.

[@julielobato9766]

I think the saddest thing is that most of us will be alive in 40 years. And we will probably not have done anything to change this issue...

[@paulv2394]

Well said. Very, very little gets done. But truth is, it will never be enough. Ever.

[@mimosa27]

Civilization, scientists predict, will collapse in 10 years. Climate change with all sorts of positive feedback loops, and ecological collapse is going to go off the charts in 10-20 years. If you think that life will continue as normal for 40 more years, you really are not paying attention.

[@mimosa27]

@thea lolo Yes, it is. Collapse is a process, not an event. I'm guessing that the scientists meant that the process will be complete in 10-20 years.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Improve population accommodation and accept that the world actually does need to become more human-dense, so that many billions more people can experience life. I have long advocated people having larger families, because every human life is of immense value and sacred. Let's tell the truth. Billions more people *CAN* fit onto the planet, if or as need be.

[@isabellouise8164]

In this case we actually should be *not doing* something, which is pop out mini-me's...

[@dejapoo5508]

About time someone pointed this out. Myself and my Wife chose not to breed years ago . How Society is now , plus we have developed medical issues , we could think of nothing more cruel than to have a child

[@coolbuddyshivam]

Babies are more vulnerable than Old people. Old people don't want to die so they are causing suffering to young people.

[@Ravi9A]

"we could think of nothing more cruel than to have a child" Parasite. I presume you have chosen to off yourself too?

[@nigelbetteridge3753]

I saw a graph of world population growth in 1976 and was horrified. Seeing it formed a large part of my decision not to want children.

[@AlphaMoist]

God I really hope not because overpopulation is a serious myth and the opposite trends are showing.

[@georgecampbell9638]

You should see a world population growth in 1946. Freaking horrifying if yo ask me

[@georgecampbell9638]

@@AlphaMoist it’s not a myth. It’s very real. Have you been to China, Africa, United States or India?

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Are you normally so easily fooled? Gullible much? Natural human population growth is not "bad".

[@AlphaMoist]

@@georgecampbell9638 How about instead of talking about things you obviously have no idea about, you do a simple google search beforehand? China and India both are not raising their populations. China has a birthrate of 1.70, meaning more people are dying than being born. India has a rate of 2.20, which means the children born are enough to replace their parents and nothing more, ie their populations are stable. The United States are literally in a population crisis right now because not enough people are having babies. The outright fact is that overpopulation was thought of during the baby boom of the 1900s when everyone thought people would just keep having babies until poor people overwhelmed the rich (that was a genuine fear). That never happened. As it turns out, population growth naturally declines until it evens out due to advances in medicine and first world practices. Every single first world country has met this mark. The only way you could continue to believe in overpopulation is by listening to outdated, incorrect data and are blatantly ignoring the facts or refusing to do any research for yourself.

[@sarcasticspirit7525]

Even better than having one child is to adopt.

[@carlgauss8879]

Keep it up

[@carlgauss8879]

Keep it up

[@TheAndyVegan]

I'm surprised she didn't mention adoption, but I agree 100% and this was an amazing talk! :)

[@TheAndyVegan]

Patrick Moore Adopting a child is a bonus act. It isn't the only action we can take, and no one is required to do it just because they have an opinion on overpopulation. Choosing to not procreate is also extremely effective.

[@TheAndyVegan]

Patrick Moore I didn't. So what's your point? Adoption is a recommendation for people who desire to raise children. I have no desire to raise kids.

[@johnthatcher2349]

I must admit overpopulation is a major factor in falling quality of life

[@hezekiahjohnston8360]

the super rich are getting SUPER RICHER so their quality of life is getting better!!! the top

[@heathermariegaming]

Uh huh...

[@awesome8840]

Abu Dawood (2050) narrated that Ma’qil ibn Yasaar said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said, “I have found a woman who is of good lineage and is beautiful, but she does not bear children. Should I marry her?” He said, “No.” Then he came again with the same question and he told him not to marry her. Then he came a third time with the same question and he said: “Marry those who are loving and fertile, for I will be proud of your great numbers before the other nations.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Irwa’ al-Ghaleel, 1784. quran 29:56. "O My servants who have believed, indeed My earth is spacious, so worship only Me" we muslms are ecourged to have more chilrdren and there are 1.6 billion mulsm, so you cant do anything about it hahaha overpopulation is a myth and we need more people on this earth

[@heathermariegaming]

@@awesome8840 And that's if that is your belief system. But, what does your religion say about HOW you treat people? Like, I am more than happy to accept a growing population if we were in a scenario where people were kind and loving, so how do you treat people?

[@awesome8840]

@@heathermariegaming what dose that have to do with anything??

[@Filia_Noctis]

For me there are two main points that stop anyone from being able to tell me "Overpopulation is not real": 1. Earth is a finite amount of land, which isn't increasing and won't be increasing. Only way around it sooner or later will be for everyone to start living in skyscrapers. 2. Our demand for food has drastically outran the natural ecosystem around us. Every other animal (except captivity animals) survive based on a natural ecosystem: they do not consume at a faster rate than the ecosystem can produce. We started breeding animals not because of the ease of not having to hunt, but because there wouldn't be enough animals out there to feed us naturally at the rate with which we demand it. That to me doesn't make us smarter for figuring out a solution, it makes us unable to coexist with natural resources, which will ultimately bring extinction.

[@marcopinto4030]

To point number 1: - Standing shoulder-to-shoulder, the entire world's population could fit within the 1,300 square kilometers of Los Angeles. - We could fit the entire worlds population of 7.75 billion people on the state of Alaska giving every single person around 220 square meters to live on. That would be enough for a small house and a backyard. To think that we could ever reach a point where there is not enough space for more humans to live on the planet is wrong. To point number 2: Our demand for food has not outran the natural ecosystem around us. That is just wrong. I would like to see some evidence for the claims that you are making. We did not start to breed animals because there are not enough animals out there to feed us naturally. That is untrue as well. Did you know that we eat less meat today than we did 60 years ago? Do you have an idea of how much food we waste nowadays? Do you have an idea of how many tons of meat are thrown away every day? We started to breed animals because of other reasons. One of them being that in the beginning of the industrialization there was a high demand for factory workers. Therefore, instead of becoming a farmer (which was a common job at that time) a lot of people began to work in factories and we started to have a lack of farmers. That’s when the big companies developed and it’s almost impossible to make a living now as a farmer because of those big companies. Another reason is that as we developed and became more educated, people decided to choose other careers. Becoming a farmer just isn’t as popular anymore. Another reason is that people used to have their own animals back in the day. That’s just not the case anymore.

[@DayofJudgement-ur5gp]

Y’all need to get your facts straight before babbling and listening to these videos. You can fit the entire world population inside Jacksonville Florida. Let that sink in.

[@DayofJudgement-ur5gp]

@@marcopinto4030 thank you! I’ve been trying to spread knowledge as well to the blind sheep

[@celiacheung1985]

@@marcopinto4030 Really? My family department has enough space for 3 person. But can I plant food, collect water and create medicines by using the space of my family apartment only without buying products from the store? No. Space itself is not an indication of having plenty of resources that could sustain humans. I live in the city, I could tell you that I rarely see more than 5 animals a day when I walk around, including the pond near the ocean, even when I go to the park. One bird for one person and it would not go very far at all….each person would get less than 1/10 of a bird if we could no longer importing food from other areas….

[@crazyleaf257]

What about all the ways people are dying and the rise of infertility and abortion? Also, who will care for you when you're old? Population decrease means less hands to work and less social security being paid

[@tasinislam00]

Overpopulation has been the main problem for Bangladesh from the very beginning of our history.But now we are trying our best to overcome this problem & people are being much more educated!So now they are being concerned about the outcomes! Hopefully we will be able to tackle this vital issue as so soon as possible.🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@bitshox1215]

What's it like to live in Bangladesh? From an American.

[@mikhailbabushkinum]

Start with yourself

[@Shikuesi]

The TFR is Bangladesh is below replacement level, so free yourself of irrational overpopulation worries.

[@flawless_weirdo1609]

I thought I was alone about thinking that the earth is overpopulated. Finally someone is bringing it up!

[@wc389]

Read Inferno by Dan Brown. You'll love it.

[@14soccerplayer1]

Sarcasm right i really hope so?

[@14soccerplayer1]

Modelmaker me?

[@14soccerplayer1]

Oh i see now didnt see the name of commenter

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

Have you seen Australia. ? 25 million people, but the size of the US. New Zealand has 4.3 million people but the size of the UK. (60 million) The Earth is not overpopulated, it has room for billions more.

[@mickeybailey1108]

I complain about overpopulation often. One of the factors not mentioned is that the more people there are the less there is for each person. A good talk, Thank you!

[@yudelkapaniagua2692]

@@Grimpmann you can do that also

[@Grimpmann]

@@yudelkapaniagua2692 I'm not the one who thinks the world is overpopulated. If I did, I would kill myself. Go back to your mommy's basement.

[@LuckyDoggEnterprises-te8ym]

So how many people are dying? And why isn't that number mentioned. Moreover what happened to the fact that the most learned and scholarly believe from the current facts and figures that the earth is currently in it sixth extinction and that at the current DEATH RATES Earth will be at extiction levels within 80 years? I find her arguments exceedingly narrow minded and one-sided. Tell the whole story. Not just the portion of it that serves your misguided beliefs.

[@Jouse-lx3ck]

⁠@@LuckyDoggEnterprises-te8ymthank you. What you said represents my sentiment as well. I also think that talking about overpopulation as a problem is an extremely slippery slope, and there is a reason this type of conversation doesn’t stick. There are idealists who imagine virtuous solutions to this issue where nobody gets hurt, but the end goal becomes a dogmatic justification for the utterly deplorable acts of others under that banner. I don’t think the answer to any of our large scale issues is to get the masses working towards a single ideological fantasy.

[@Jouse-lx3ck]

@@LuckyDoggEnterprises-te8ymand this lady doesn’t do a good job of playing the devil’s advocate on her perspective, which definitely disappoints me coming from an academic since it lacks argumentative integrity.

[@mosienko1983]

I knew I was not alone in my view on this issue - the problems that everyone focuses on (like global warming, mass extinction, pollution, starvation etc) are mere symptoms of the real problem - overpopulation.

[@mrlazyworksable]

Exactly!

[@jaaycesholiday388]

I’m with you

[@jamiebutler1762]

Goverment should incentivize not having children. Call it a environment tax break. One child you still get a break. After that you're on your own.

[@mht5875]

I agree. More kids should equal having to pay more taxes since more kids cost society.

[@Ravi9A]

@@mht5875 only in the parasitical western societies, sure.

[@travis8623]

I've been saying this for many years as well. Too many people don't care at all.

[@nrevane22]

Jmkk

[@jj0309]

To whom you are saying

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Human populations are supposed to grow naturally.

[@enlightened7master]

Ironic that you say that when considering your username, considering that non-veganism is at least the second-biggest issue on the planet. Hopefully, you will consider going vegan as well.

[@degautaborg]

I got this in 1963 at the age of eleven. Took the non-procreation wow. Best desicion I ever made. Can die with better conciense this way.

[@daniellindforsbernholm3682]

@Key Himself I'm interested in knowing what Rusty Salt wrote. Seem like the comment is no longer there. 30% dislikes on this video and I have to really dig through the comment section for the dislikers opinions. Want to try and make sense of their beliefs. Probably a fools errant.

[@KS-zc4jn]

I've known since the age of 9 that I have always wanted a large family. Now I'm pregnant with baby number 8 (or 8 and 9, not sure yet the ultrasound is next week and I've naturally conceived twins before).

[@degautaborg]

@@KS-zc4jn That´s a lot of suffering and short, miserable lives Yo´re. responsible for. You will ceartainly live to regret it, since the warming will get absolutely lethal within one or two decades. The horribly erratic weather ensuing, we can se it now, will lead to a rapid decline in food production in a few years, which will lead to cannibalism.

[@yegra]

I'm so happy to have found this video. Overpopulation really bothers me.

[@stormyahu9790]

Depopulation should bother you even more.

[@kemster9495]

@@stormyahu9790 damn right!! Sounds like eugenics to me.

[@stormyahu9790]

@@kemster9495 to me too

[@closebutnope4978]

@@stormyahu9790 Whenever someone shows concern for overpopulation, other people love to straw man by making up solutions the original person never brought up. Deciding to not have a couple more kids is nothing like eugenics. When will our population be big enough for you to start caring about how it threatens all of us?

[@dmoney0102]

@@closebutnope4978 that may be the case but clearly this woman wasn’t the one to have this conversation i mean 90% of what she said was a “slippery slope” fallacy. She just wanted to scare you with large numbers.

[@wahwahmels41]

I tell people this all the time and I was reading this environmental book, it said that it doesn’t matter how advanced we get, if the world is overpopulated we won’t have enough resources for everyone. People don’t care but I do. Too many=not good

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

I care, however, I believe that every human life is of immense value and sacred, and so we ought to naturally increase. We need a human-denser world, because there is just so many of us humans now, and most people see little means or no need to somehow "control" the growth of human numbers. In fact, human population growth is still commonly a "given", not something that is expected to be controllable.

[@TheProtocol48]

I’ve always known this and I’m not silent about it! As the youngest of five with two older brothers and two older sisters all married with kids I knew at an early age that something was wrong with our cultural procreation idealities. Never got married or had a kid. When people are in airplanes they look down and they say look at all that space but it’s not about space it’s about resources, which we are rapidly depleting on this planet.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

If families were any smaller, then how would you be born? You admitted that you were the youngest of 5 children. Surely your life is important also? We should be having even more children, and certainly not fewer.

[@apocalyptic9848]

Yosef MacGruber Ah, the classic, “Human life is more important than the Earth that sustains us.” Never seen this ideology work out well for the planet.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@apocalyptic9848 Ah, the classic Malthusian doom-and-gloom nonsense which somehow does not work out well for humans.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@thea lolo Why wouldn't I be for real? Surely you didn't think that everybody was brainwashed into thinking that small families are now for everybody?

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@zs 02 So you want for billions of people to die so that billions of people will not die? That is some horribly flawed logic that you have going there. The Bible says that a person's soul is of greater value than the entire world. Use some constructive imagination. Billions more people can fit or be made to fit onto the planet. And nature is resilient. Nature is not at all worried about the huge size of the world population. In fact, nature wants for us to grow even huger. We see in nature, that life seeks to spread into almost every niche that it can. Why not all the more so, with supposedly intelligent human life?

[@dannteachertheoriginal]

Where do I click or sign to agree with everything you've just said? lecture that in India and China please!!! And also here in Brazil.

[@tIndy-qz7dm]

China has laws where you can only have 1 child and you need permission from the government if you want to have more. In fact because of this India is going to surpass china in population. Chinas population still grows quite rapidly because they already have such a high population

[@tIndy-qz7dm]

svin svin oh, i guess i shouldve searched it before posting. but thank you for the info.

[@vocaste1062]

@svin svin we now have a 2 children law

[@vocaste1062]

@svin svin I'm Chinese

[@larryjohnstone6260]

I always thought people that wine about the environment and have large families are hypocrites.

[@caitlin1142]

yes ! They can’t join the dots somehow

[@schouten841]

Looking at a family photo...'Its a natural disaster and you framed it' - Bill Burr

[@Jennifer-gk5yh]

We are CHILD-free and HAPPY!

[@hezekiahjohnston8360]

IMPOSSIBLE!!! NO FEMALE CANNOT NOT have a kid??? they cant hardly make it past 15/16 without swelling up with romeos kid anymore. welfare PAYS... WM doesnt

[@scooters47]

Wish we didn't have kids, pity I didn't know then what we know now.

[@KS-zc4jn]

We are child-many and HAPPY!

[@davids6533]

I wish I had just watched the video and stayed out of the comment section. I'm grateful that lots of people understand and agree, but others just verify that we're surrounded by idiots.

[@davids6533]

@@GriuGriu64 It wasn't my intention for it to sound like that, however I do realize that the world should come together and clean the place up, even if I'm the first to go.

[@BJoinedBReality]

You realise that Galileo was demonised at first right? In much the same way that 'climate-change-deniers' are today...

[@bobbymanganaro]

We are not overpopulated. Yes people shouldnt have 10 kids. But we dont manage our resources properly. No facts just opinions. Throwing out numbers like she has a clue of wtf shes talking about. Just bc she has a mic doesnt make her intelligent.

[@eastwoodbrown2771]

Dooshbag.

[@vocaste1062]

*cough* Yosef something *cough*

[@SipLeila]

I adopted two as well. But, it was because I had a health problem and it wasn't advised for me to have them. Now, one of them has found her "real" family so I feel like I was a babysitter, sometimes. I still have loved and adored them and that will never end.

[@aaronmann9442]

I have been afraid of overpopulation for years now and actions are necessarily to insure our survival. It is a scary and difficult idea to accept, but it is the truth

[@mayhemrocks5992]

I had many sleepless nights thinking about over population. What shocks me is nobody cares or feels it's a problem. I had decided to give up marriage because of this.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

***** To try to restrain the *natural increase* of humanity, is very counter-productive, as the more populous we can become, the more people around who then can benefit. And having fewer children, in this country, does not decrease the naturally-high birthrate of Africa.

[@fzig555]

+mayhem rocks Usually a problem of the third world. US and Europe have the opposite problem.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

fzig555 Opposite problem? Not quite. There is no such thing as "too many" children, as God has a purpose for everybody.

[@Rainydays0414]

+Yosef MacGruber Incorrect there is a such thing as too much people. Continue to deny the truth you insufferable imbecile. I only wish to see you in absolute despair when overabundance of people results in war and famine, with no god to save you. Which is a certainly as history has shown repeatedly what happens when our numbers grow exponentially.

[@mayhemrocks5992]

Yeah so true. Especially in Muslim communities they have lot of children and some of them even believe using condoms is sin or against nature or like that. World needs education first.

[@mikhaelawalker2734]

I am sick of seeing all these comments saying that the earth is not overpopulated. Even if it isn't now, it will be very soon by the way the population of earth is growing. And what are we all doing about it? Nothing!!! We all want our rights to have as many children as we want, yet so many people do nothing about saving this earth. We all just consume, consume, consume and waste so much. The environment has a carrying capacity and it is just a matter of time before we reach ours.

[@Unknown-eg5xz]

I think one child policies should be, not enforced, but reccomended and given special benefits so that people have less children

[@thjeokthjeok443]

Unknow , well most of the people from developed countries had reduced . Its all the people who live in undeveloped countries and have strong cultural believes that have all the children , Muslim women in Europe now , average 8.1 children per female - And there all over the world now overflowing into other countries , repeating the same mistake they made in their previous countries . So i think Just average 2 children per male or female . Change the law to girls not getting married till there 16 . And that could be a way to reduce the human population .

[@thjeokthjeok443]

Paul what did you even say ? Overpopulation is in your face ! how can you ignore it ? Common sense needed here .

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Well said, Mikhaela Walker. The late great engineer Dr Al Bartlett explains the dangers of the exponential function.

[@RodMartinJr]

+Mikhaela Walker, nope! Our world could sustain 400+ Billion with the right kind of management and unconditional love. Instead, most people are too selfish. And some people are too unintelligent to know what to do.

[@farzanaalam2154]

Glad to hear that some people are there who are trying to solve these unnoticeable problems like Overpopulation . As a student nurse I am facing challenges to make people aware about population explosion, small family norm , Family planning etc because of there illiteracy ,ritual beliefs and so on ... Hats off to this angel who is trying to change the world by motivating and and changing herself to set an example in front of the world.

[@davidclarke5938]

Thanks for having the guts to put an actual targeted NUMBER in your talk. Whether right OR wrong... your hopeful suggestion for 2 billion people remains a specific numeric value. As a former Zero Population Growth chairperson, our 1990s Hawaii chapter had many discussions and great difficulty among its own members in attempting to agree upon any decisive population predictions for Honolulu's unbridled population expansion.

[@judahsoremy9857]

If you guys start with yourselves I'm sure many more will follow.

[@andrewdlarge]

It's clear to me that almost all of our current social crises (greenhouse gas, peak oil, water scarcity, etc.) are actually all just various implications of overpopulation. There MUST be voluntary, progressive, incentive-driven ways of bringing about this goal of getting down to 2 billion people.

[@swissfrenchfilms]

No, those are the implications of runaway capitalism.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@swissfrenchfilms Uh, don't you mean runaway fake-science and liberal-retardism? There are no pleasant scenarios of population reduction to 2 billion people. It should be so incredibly obvious that we humans very much need to increase.

[@mosquitobight]

The voluntary incentives to have a smaller family are already there. It's called economics. The problem is billions of people live in cultures and religions that say fertility is more important than sustainability. High-birthrate countries also tend to be lacking in education and human rights for women.

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

The elites will find a way. Aspartame. Carcinogenic 5g wifi. Hold back dementia and cancer research and development(s) information. Killing off public health services as we see that in effect. Over and outprice healthcare. Keep on polluting air. It's all happening.

[@alexwang982]

Pseudo Nym Lol you think WiFi is carcinogenic Wat are you writing this on, a messenger pigeon?

[@tonymiller4064]

Thank you. Excellent job. Overpopulation has tugged at my spirit for decades. Yes, it's the topic that few are ready to embrace. This may be changing, but I'm not sure. Overpopulation is connected to the larger and deeper issue of consciousness. When food and water become scarce for the masses throughout the world (including the so-called first world), this will be the wake-up call for a shift in consciousness for the vulgus. An appropriate consciousness takes into account the needs of all Creation. We share this planet with plants, animals, and the rest of Nature. The Creation - plants, animals, and Nature as a whole - is groaning under the weight of human abuse and misuse of the environment. While the many debate issues of race, class, religion, and politics, a more critical issue surrounds us. WE ARE THE ISSUE and main problem for this planet. The question is, WILL WE BE THE ANSWER? Again, thank you . Your talk is a brave and timely offering.

[@Leboobs22]

People really don't want to admit this.. They just want to keep going till the fvcking wheels fall off.

[@gustavoramirez3268]

Totally agree with you. But no one is willing to accept this. For religious beliefs fundamentally. And they will never understand; no matter what.

[@bringhomethebasil8729]

I hate tropes such as “We can fit the entire world in an area the size of New York”.. much of the planet (land areas) are uninhabitable to begin. Even in US states where there is no desert or mountains. It takes 500 years to replace a one inch layer of top soil and we are running out of that. However, we do have that sitting under Walmarts and McDonalds and many housing communities. Government will need that land soon!

[@alph1057]

I constantly think about overpopulation, and talk about it openly every chance I get

[@angelinimartini]

I am so proud and happy to see so many people commenting positively on this ted talk. Wish I could meet all of you. Y’all are some of the few who are openly talking about this issue and have embraced it.

[@rylaczero3740]

Thanks.

[@MeimeiLovesmusic]

Sabvina Cruz where are you? ;) thank you for the nice comment. I feel the same way.

[@bertvanherck7964]

Indeed, it is a very good issue to talk about ... and right out of the gate, must say I failed (having 3 kids myself). As a youth I was indeed also convinced I wouldn't put additional mouths to feed on this planet but when biology started to put pressure on (millions of years of natural selection for reproduction) the rational arguments failed. And I think that is the part we need to figure out, because not reproducing will be agianst our instincts and people will get very passionate about this ... But yes, time to start this converstation.

[@hezekiahjohnston8360]

I thought girls were born pregnant??? it just takes them 15/16 years to finally swell up and drop out a kid??? as ALLL girls HAVE to have a kid

[@rylaczero3740]

@@TheScoundresCantina Because there would be no one left to reply to your rude comments whereby you ask people to suicide which can very well be a violation of law based on where you are living.

[@philmarsh7723]

I'm thankful I didn't reproduce. I wanted to minimize my expenses. Selfish, isn't it? Why should I pay to contribute to everybody's problem?

[@mansamusa8191]

why should you have been allowed if you weren't going to have kids to pass your knowledge onto and further progress humanity? face it, everybody works for each other, and you just love to find ways to make you seem better that everyone else.

[@KS-zc4jn]

I'm thankful I DID reproduce! I'm on my 7th pregnancy with my 8th child (for anyone who is confused, I had twins.)

[@Shankar-oe5rm]

That's something that I had been endorsing. Sadly, not having children & talking about that is kinda a taboo.

[@alanburgess2203]

Tell that to the Indonesians in Indonesia, who think nothing of having 3-5 kids, even though the families are already struggling with no work and high food prices, God will provide is the answer, crazy!

[@willcausality]

If you think her comments should be suppressed, then your arguments should be too. Don't be so foolish as to refuse to hear an uncomfortable truth.

[@TeomaTheTwin]

Well said, thank you for your comment...

[@aseemgidwani9641]

Old_Tree It's not the truth at all though.

[@bakkudeku]

It's a valid concern. Human population is growing like a metastatic cancer, exponentially and disorderly, in detriment to the well-being of the organism, with no bearing on reason, and to the sole benefit of greedy, selfish, narcissistic, ruthless, psychopathic megalomaniacs who don't give three shits about anything other than themselves and their own plutocratic oligarchy. An unrelenting obsession for endless growth, indifferent to the constraints that material reality imposes upon the "flights of fancy" those same psychopathic megalomaniacs beat over our heads, trying to make us conform and fall in line along our fellow slaves: reproduce (consumers/workers), BUY, reproduce, BUY! These are the results of a planned, deliberate, artificially-produced dysfunctional anti-society.

[@sebastianinakilizarraga5915]

+Old_Tree Not supressed, but disproved. I would better listen at the facts than an actress doing propaganda for the UNFP. Fun fact: the continental population density worldwide is about 50 people per square kilometer. Indeed, not overpopulated.

[@sebastianinakilizarraga5915]

Haven't you thought that demographic growth is simply caused by human nature and free will? After all, who would force you to reproduce? On the other hand, many people are forced *not* to reproduce. For instance, the Chinese people.

[@harryalderman1345]

I just hope that more people start thinking like her soon! I can't even bare to imagine the misery overpopulation will cause in the future, it is causing enough misery now.

[@ayuanabradford3206]

Harry Alderman People don’t give a dame because they want huge families and a race war etc when in 2080 we all be screwed

[@thjeokthjeok443]

ayuana , people do care they are the educated ones smart enough to not have too many children . stop putting all people in the same basket .

[@ayuanabradford3206]

Thjeok Thjeok I’m not putting all people in the same basket. I mean people want bigger families and more kids successful. This world is only temporary so why not enjoy it while we can before we go to a Bette place, most of us.

[@thjeokthjeok443]

ayuana - what ideology are you from ? the world is only temporary ? its that kind of stupidity that got us to this . South Africa has run out of water , now what ?? . Give us a solution ? maybe you can tell them its temporary ?

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Well said, Harry Alderman!

[@genericwoman3713]

I really enjoyed this, and related to it alot. I've been so torn recently between being desperately broody, and knowing it might not be the right thing to do. It has helped me think from another perspective.

[@genericwoman3713]

@@ceterumcenseo12 I'm so glad someone else thinks like I do. It's so morbid and depressing but life is morbid and depressing. We're working to make life better for our daughter and so far it looks like she may be able to have a good life but sometimes I wonder if bringing anyone into this cruel World is fair

[@crystaldavis4290]

Not only are there fewer resources for having more children.. it is impossible to provide emotional support for more children let alone caring for them financially. A child takes constant loving attention to even be attuned to the planet and body the child is born into. To have numerous caring adults per maturing young human would be advantageous to our species & planet

[@AyeCarumba221]

In other words, every child a wanted child.

[@kjglynn2010]

"In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 people per day. It is a horrible thing to say, but it is just as bad not to say it." Jacques Cousteau, explorer and researcher, 1910 - 1997.

[@oooodos1711]

It would be a huge step forward,Great Scenario,current I expect to see more in the months and years to come,the world also needs field capabilities that constantly monitor the presence of pathogens of concern and that can be activated as soon as they are needed,to achieve the goal, making sure that every single person on the planet has the opportunity to have zero children I think this is the best and most affordable insurance policy the world can buy all. I believe these new tools will soon begin to bend the curve in style.

[@Bee_Bill287]

You are not alone I had the snip because of this...

[@Faoijhfr4rsgioi]

Right now the overpopulation is not a problem it's just that goverment is bad at handling the population

[@Faoijhfr4rsgioi]

Also people had WAY MORE kids in the past

[@mainnlander]

@@Faoijhfr4rsgioi most of them died

[@cristinaelin5796]

It IS THE BEST SPEACH of all TedTalks! Thank you so much! One kid and his or her mom and ded - is what we all need!

[@millertas]

My wife and I had two boys. The youngest was born with a disability and died in 2008. Up until then we were in a dilemma of how to divide our estate. My son has the comfort of certainty with the knowledge that he will inherit our house. Coming from a large family myself, it is not that good and disputes are harder to end. Big families are not necessary in the 21st Century.

[@ellewwyyn1483]

I'm childless and proud of it.

[@speckgens]

..I respect that. But how can you be proud of something not having?

[@dddddbbb]

@@speckgens Can people be proud of not hurting the environment? Not buying tons of plastics? Not kicking a dog? Just because you do NOT do something does not mean it cannot be a good act.

[@lawrencebevly7641]

If everyone went childless...we would eventually not exist....

[@Unknownplsyer]

@@lawrencebevly7641 isn't it great?!

[@cesare4214]

@@Unknownplsyer it would be better yeah

[@ukdodger]

She's absolutely right 2bn would be sustainable within the confines of the planet resources. But nothing will change until the sacred cow of economic growth is slaughtered.

[@joedart1465]

Don't try to lay the blame for people jumping into bed on the "system." This is one problem that comes from the loins, not from the economic system. Of course churches and governments and industries will take advantage of that growth idiocy, but they are not to blame. It starts with the individuals... who just can't stop pumping out babies like a river. So the Club of Rome's predictions will stay on course. The beginning of the end has already begun and is clear to see. By the mid twenties it will be (according to the models) pretty clear where this is taking us. There may even become a time when nuclear war is the best strategy for survival. Sounds nuts, but no more nuts than denying the population growth is driving us to our collective doom and on the way will deny all that brood from appreciating the way life could have been if their parents had any sense.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Um, well basic economics is that large numbers are unsustainable...

[@crstph]

i loved all the points she's made but im curious why she never brought up or even mentioned adoption. like, if you really want to have more than one child, adopt them! whatever worries people have about adopted/fostered kids vs kids by blood--if you're not willing to face any potential challenge your child might have, you're not ready to be a parent.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Bingo!

[@crazyleaf257]

Adoption is good but we DO need to continue to populate. I think there are only certain areas that are overpopulated so people probably should just move. But if we don't keep having kids, the old will have NO ONE to care for them!!!

[@ZiplineShazam]

Anyone over the age of 40 that has chosen NOT to have children should not have to pay taxes at all.

[@VegasTigger]

I couldn't agree more. I've been screaming about this 20 years. I made the same decision not to have kids around that time as well. I find it incredibly irresponsible and short-sighted when I run into people that are part of a 10 or more sibling family. Thanos was right!

[@byEnTaze]

Yes he was. He saved half the Universe.

[@joedez454]

How many families have 10 kids? Kind of a red herring.

[@Faoijhfr4rsgioi]

People had like 5-10 kids in the past but now it's normal to have just 3

[@K4113B4113]

No, Thanos plan sucked. He had infinite power at his disposal. He could have just set a biological limit of 1-2 children before the body shuts off the fertility process and everything would be fine.

[@seculair2996]

Those people should had a mandatory vasectomy BEFORE they procreate.

[@proyectosamurai]

Stop procreating to survive, 100% agree

[@realtruenorth]

Also,, i don't wanna be forced to support people that have 10 kids... that promotes bad tendencies.

[@athalonARC]

@@the-eternal--dragon-shenron Firstly, we still are not ready for that. Secondly, those planets are not habitable. And settlement built there would be small. By the end of the decade probably less than 1000 people will live on Mars.

[@carysorensen3029]

A wonderful talk. Totally agree. I’m 68, was married 27 years and never had children for this very reason.

[@wildwebx]

you are one of the most intelligent humans in the world.

[@mansamusa8191]

@@wildwebx cap

[@joedarrow5422]

wow, thanks for not contributing to the human race, a**hole. Some legacy you must have, for STRANGERS to remember and pass down, or more likely, forgotten completely. Youre PROUD of creating NO LIFE, when YOU ARE CAPABLE OF CREATING LIFE, 🤔... Maybe your genes shouldn't have been passed on after all

[@curtpaige6871]

This woman has nailed it!. However, who has accepted what she has said. Mathematically, she cannot be refuted.

[@seanhammer6296]

No she has not nailed it because she's preaching to the choir. She needs to preach this in a third world country where the population is growing the fastest.

[@tugweltp]

Well said, Alexandra! Overpopulation is truly the most insidious threat we and our fellow inhabitants of this planet face.

[@CulCritDecrees]

sexxytrophy Who does belong here?

[@CulCritDecrees]

Thomas Tugwell No terribly said. Her demeanor, her half-truths, that its her saying it.

[@Thoralmir]

Thomas Tugwell So, is there some Final Solution to this threat? Are you willing to terminate yourself and be turned into compost to combat this threat? If not, you are just an elitist who's just looking to feel good about yourself.

[@Thoralmir]

sexxytrophy At least I'll HAVE something that outlasts you.

[@Thoralmir]

00 NCB No, I'M not the one who's spouting the whole overpopulation spiel, so I don't have to own up to it. I'm just calling out those who do support that idea.

[@federicomoretto2780]

Finally someone stating the obvious. Thanks Alexandra. Unfortunately it will be through famine war and disease pandemics. Emotional thought trumps analytical thought in the majority of humans.

[@Vlogswme.1]

Your so wrong

[@SipLeila]

How about cutting OUR population by deporting millions? I've already heard all this in Sociology classes - and the US did respond by having fewer children, BUT then we faced MILLIONS of immigrants who will use resources. It was called Population Studies.

[@premanadi]

Deporting people does not change the global total, and that's the only thing that matters.

[@SipLeila]

@@premanadi It is not the only thing that matters? We have Mexicans claiming they own the US and they don't. We had Native Americans here before the Mexicans came. I lived on an Indian reservation and my best friend looked completely white but was being raised by her FULL BLOODED INDIAN grandmother and her WHITE grandfather. Also, there were marriages between English settlers and Indians in Jamestown, for heaven's sake! I am one of the descendants and sick of the "people of color" who claim they own the US. I am HALF-ASIAN, as well, but many could not tell. Deport! Because if you look at the troublemakers in Seattle and other places, it is "people of color" from places like India who have actually NO RIGHT to criticize this country as they did not build it.

[@dannygjk]

Nature doesn't care what people do or do not want to discuss. Nature will balance in the end.

[@itsmayanotmia]

Dan Kelly The concern is that humans will destroy everything available before eventually destroying themselves, leaving nothing behind but ruin. Nature might end up balanced in the end, but it will be an empty wasteland

[@rosemarytoews5439]

My 3 sisters & 5 brothers were born between '48 and '64 to old country staunch RC parents..but living in Vancouver, BC. Only 1 sister had children.(.2). Three of us saw the insanity of our mothers life and said NO THANKS!! lol I agree with choosing to bring the population down by just having 1 or no children. With the rise of AI and robotics people are being quickly replaced in the workforce as well.

[@leaderofthebunch-deadbeat7716]

When the quality of life improves people have less children because less will die young. It happened in Europe, it happened in America, it happened in east Asia, it's happening in india and the middle east, and soon it will happen in Africa. Overpopulation is a myth, climate changes isn't

[@hall5865]

@@leaderofthebunch-deadbeat7716 But bringing children to this world for them to suffer and expect them to die young is also selfish and cruel. Why don't many people see from the child's perspective? Just because it happened in the past doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. People who can't take care of children shouldn't have kids in the first place. I know it's unrealistic now but governments especially from overpopulated countries should start address this issue and discourage people who aren't fit to be parents from procreating by giving them more health care support in their old age for example.

[@enatp6448]

I'm from a sibling group of 7 - both parents remarried and had kids in 2nd marriage - and only 1 of us has biological children. I've always thought that we were fulfilling some sort of population correction function.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@hall5865 pay for people to get sterilized. If you want kids, you pay the 250k plus college ON YOUR OWN. Or adopt them.

[@judahsoremy9857]

When are you going to be replaced by a robot?

[@aquawoman6475]

What will happen to humanity when only the weak minded breed? Which segment of the population is disappearing faster than any others? Which segments are gaining ground? It seems to me we need more smart people, not less. Intelligence can overcome every challenge on this planet. Dumbing down humanity would not be in our best interest nor wise. But, there in lies the paradox.

[@arkantanriwa9803]

It's okay, we won't be there to experience it anyway. Shout out to the Boomers!

[@neilmarshall5087]

Welcome to the self titled "elites" version of future society.

[@goldsunrise9hd485]

@ AquaWoman ur thinking is ahead of time..the best comment i have read till now..Only people with high IQ and Billionaires have the right to breed..and i can guess ur IQ levels r great..!!!

[@Pintuuuxo]

The WorldOmeter web page shows 7800 million at this moment and rising. Alexandra is a very lucid person. I like her.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Good. More and more people ought to be becoming alive. I celebrate the natural expansion of human life.

[@juliacohen1620]

Point is. I felt disturbed by poulation problems as a child without ted talks and inspiring thoughts from many great speakers. Surely, they only make sense to the people who are already making different decisions. we cant preach or inforce our ideals either. Paradox

[@sherylrb]

I just hopped over from a video of a 39-year-old woman who has 38 children where dumbos were praising her bravery, despite the fact that she admitted she can barely feed them and can't afford to send them to school...so I guess I feel safe voicing my opinion on the population explosion on this piece!

[@NightinGal89]

Dear God

[@davidnco1]

Look in a mirror

[@davidnco1]

Sheryl Busch start with yourself

[@judahsoremy9857]

Nah, you're just a bitter old hag because no sober man would impregnate you before you crash-dummied into the Wall.

[@judahsoremy9857]

Unfortunately we're not "safe" from reading your misanthropic ramblings.

[@Subparanon]

want a large family? ADOPT.

[@awesome8840]

there is nothing wrong with having a lot of kids. overpopulation is a myth

[@awesome8840]

is islam adoption is forbidden, so us muslms will get more kids and you cant do anything about it Abu Dawood (2050) narrated that Ma’qil ibn Yasaar said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said, “I have found a woman who is of good lineage and is beautiful, but she does not bear children. Should I marry her?” He said, “No.” Then he came again with the same question and he told him not to marry her. Then he came a third time with the same question and he said: “Marry those who are loving and fertile, for I will be proud of your great numbers before the other nations.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Irwa’ al-Ghaleel, 1784. quran @. "O My servants who have believed, indeed My earth is spacious, so worship only Me"

[@InnocentFormalities]

Nah I want my kids to look like me

[@InnocentFormalities]

@@awesome8840 that's cool just stay in the middle East is all we ask

[@awesome8840]

@@InnocentFormalities americans are converting to islam

[@colindong7316]

Go to places like Bangkok and parts of asia. Hard to walk and drive with so much people. World would be good around 4 billion

[@gregmullins6927]

If only Politicians would listen to your common sense commentary Alex,the future would look bright.

[@superdavedfw]

In 1995, the USA had a population of about 250,000,000. The USA now has about 325,000,000~ and I think that's way too much already. I can feel the crowded population now vs. years ago. (75,000,000 increase in about 20 years). Our birth rate and death rate is neck and neck with the immigration rate through the roof. If you open the borders, you can bet the population will be as high as China (1.3 billion~) in say 15 years. I don't even want to think about living in a crowded place like that. I'M FOR CONTROLLED IMMIGRATION NOT MASS IMMIGRATION!

[@mjfan97p]

It's because the economists run the world, and they depend on an infinite growth because of how consumerism is set up. It's a completely unsustainable system that is set up so everything is as one-sided as possible, for the rich to get richer. People need to wake up: It's all fixed. They don't value peoples' lives, they want more and more people into a concentrated place to become atomised and feel worthless, so they can sell more stuff to you and make you stupider.

[@johnryan1287]

Do you have a tree near you? I'll fedex you a noose if you'd like

[@LeofromFreo]

I can relate to your comments about how even at your local level you can sense the increase in crowding. Over-population is a multi-faceted thing and you also need to take into account that an intake of working age immigrants will somewhat overcome the ageing population problem in the very near future if not already evident.

[@mosquitobight]

@S B Unfortunately, the history of fortified borders shows they aren't nearly effective enough to cover the cost.

[@mosquitobight]

@S B The BS seems to be on the side of those who think the US-Mexico border can be cost-effectively walled, as it looks like there's little chance of the green light being given.

[@temaripower]

Why not adopt than make more children? :P

[@thoughtcriminal7653]

Because that would cause people who actually care about things like overpopulation to be bred out of the gene pool. There is strong evidence that social attitudes are inherited.

[@robotneva]

+Thought Criminal yes but keep in mind we came from people who procreated. I belive the best option is to spread awarness, thats where change lies.

[@thoughtcriminal7653]

robotneva That still doesn't negate the fact that social attitudes are heritable.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

"There is strong evidence that social attitudes are inherited." Wrong. Zero proof of that.

[@chriswatson7965]

The Ultimate - See Olson, James M., et al. "The heritability of attitudes: a study of twins." Journal of personality and social psychology 80.6 (2001): 845.

[@mayflowerlash11]

Fortunately the good news is that replacement rate is declining to below 2.1 What the population will decline to is anyones guess. two billion is as good as any number. Her comments on growth are true. Commerce, politicians and all organisations are geared to growth, growth and more growth and this must/will change. Humanity will focus less on growth and more on stabilising population. It is shocking to think that only 80 years ago the global population was 2 billion. Even one billion might be sufficient. This was the population at the beginning of the 19th century. We need a paradigm shift in our thinking.

[@dilliambregendahl8836]

I'm sad we aren't more people on the earth

[@anatolzuckerman9192]

All major religions currently encourage people to prosper and multiply. These religions should amend their popular message to "If thou want to prosper don't multiply!" Which means no more than two children per family.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Well said!!

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

And what about the huge numbers of people, who actually do want more than 2 children in their families? What of the many large-family cultures?