The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 1 of 8)

4 million views for an old codger giving a lecture about arithmetic?? What's going on? You'll just have to watch to see what's so damn amazing about what he (Albert Bartlett) has to say.

I introduce this video to my students as "Perhaps the most boring video you'll ever see, and definitely the most important." But then again, after watching it most said that if you followed along with what the presenter (a professor emeritus of Physics at Univ of Colorado-Boulder) is saying, it's quite easy to pay attention, because it is so damn compelling.

Entire playlist for the lecture: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A1FD147A45EF50D

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[2wheels88]

So what happens if we grow our technology as we have since the beginning and espescially since 1800s so now we could take the human race into space ,colonise other planets,mine meteors and other rock planets.They said the world was over populated in 1850 because they had not developed technology to support many more and the fact that the Elite of this planet are a bunch of eugenicist fucks that want us all dead so that they can enjoy the planet and send their genes to the stars.

[garmonbozia318]

I have never understood how people make the leap from "there is no god" to "there is no reason to have compassion for others." There are many people who simply enjoy acting kindly to others, or intellectually understand that helping others is beneficial for all. Religion is NO WAY necessary for moral behavior, unless you believe people will only do something good for a heavenly reward, or to avoid hell. In which case they are not really acting out of compassion for others but self-interest.

[jokerisnomak]

So, we should never try to colonize other planets?

[krause79]

No, those are facts. and your opinion the proof that you are among those who have problems understanding exponential growth. You also show a biased opinion of all of us, who believe that increasing human population well beyond the carrying capacity of the earth is a monumental mistake, are eager to see people dying. so i wonder whether or not you know a damn thing about energy. Your tech-optimistic rant shows how little you know about what we are talking about.

[2wheels88]

That's your opinion.Not fact.So if you think that people need to die because there is to many of us,why don't you line your family and other loved ones up and volunteer to die, you know lead by example,take one for the team?

[krause79]

Btw,i see today many developed countries subsidizing natality and breeding, as well as, corporations and states legislating and encouraging economic growth, wich is strongly linked with population growth. Not to mention the religious war for new adepts that encourage and in certain cases force people to have more kids than they can maintain. So We can debate on addiction to oil and both economic and population growth rather than eugenicist conspiracy.

[krause79]

Well, we have now better technology, but the reason why we´ve reached 7 billion of souls recently is due to our ability to pump large amounts of oil and gas, non of our countries is remotly ready to maintain the current system of food production in a likely scenario of oil scarcity. There are boundaries for human beings in this planet whether you like it or not.



[cdog rempel]

To those who think the earth is over-populated. WHY DONT YOU DO THE PLANET AND US A FAVOR AND KILL YOURSELF FIRST. If it looks like its working...I swear the rest of us will follow you, no really, I promise...

[The1stPoster]

I think our Earth, and humanity for that matter has suffered just about every possible catastrophe and barrage of misfortune that one can suffer, yet it, and us, are still very much alive and kicking.

[limoboss6242]

Yes, Growth, it is great!!

[TheUndertaker100]

Quite clearly, you and all the faggots who up-voted your comment, have not watched all 8 videos of this documentary. Your optimism is quite predictable despite the fact that technology, as "problem solving" as it may seem, will not be able to keep up with the incessant spawn of useless humanity that plagues or planet and whittles it to it's ecological end though Capitalism and greed. Fuck humanity and it's endless pursuit of materialistic consumerism.

[JimmyJump86]

Whew. Cut off right before I dozed off.  Good info tho.