7 Billion People: Everybody Relax!

The fifth episode of PRI's popular POP 101 series, this video takes a fresh, humorous approach to the demographic issues facing the world today. Be sure to watch the first video: http://youtu.be/vZVOU5bfHrM, the second video: http://youtu.be/zBS6f-JVvTY, the third video: http://youtu.be/OXrN9HhnCcM, and the fourth video: http://youtu.be/KUY4ztwIVfA

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• animation
• humor
• population
• research
• institute
• overpopulation
• demographic
• funny
• cartoon
• POP
• 101

[TheLonePantheist]

@auroraglacialis While I agree with slowing down the population growth, I disagree with the lack of resources. True, these people are starving, BUT, the United States does pay its farmers to farm less food to stop over production (Feel free to look this up if you want to). Another factor, which anyone who has worked for a gorcery store knows, is that we also throw away ALOT of perfectly good food just because it doesn't sell. 7 billion people is a good number, no more no less.

[TheShnitster]

dont worry we will be using algae as fuel soon -.-

[harolze]

@sakir0n Maybe 100 times more per farmer but surely not per area.

[auroraglacialis]

While the pure numbers seem to be right, the argument is not so great. For once, the linear trend is only true for the past 50 years. If you take into the graph 100 years, it looks exponential. Part of the reasons why it is linear is because a billion people are close to starving now (due to overpopulation). Another part is industrialization. To industrialize all 7 billion people would however cause a "peak consumption" much larger and later than any predicted "peak population".

[man8785]

You obviously have no understanding of the population's demands on the planet over time. Do you think there's enough of anything to support of a population of more than 7 billion for more than 70 years? Oil, natural gas, coal, phosphorous, soil, fish....

[cogar488]

@rogisajackass To explain it, you need to understand rates of growth. Yes, it's taking less time to add 1 billion totally, however, the rate of growth per person is slowing down.

Think of it this way: More people are having children, but each person is having less. Eventually people will start having less children than required to replace themselves. This means we'll experience negative growth.

[3beepu]

@3beepu or rather troll mathematics.

[3beepu]

this is troll physics

[ranelproductions]

The people who made these videos have never been to a sold out NFL game, a crowded Tokyo subway during rush hour, and a shopping mall on Christmas Eve.

[CapitalsMusic]

This is dumb people using clever maths to convince dumb people of dumb things. Yes it's comparatively slowing down the rate of growth, but simply (not comparatively) increasing. It's like saying 100 have 100 children (thus 200 people) and a 100% increase in pop. Then those 200 have 150 children (if none of them die that's 350). 150 increase as aposed to 100 is numerically more, but comparatively less as 150 / 200 is a 75% increase rather than the original 100% increase. This video is wrong.