Overpopulation Myth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZVOU5bfHrMWhere did this myth come from? When was humanity supposed to end? Table of Contents   Did Malthus really say to kill off the poor? Yep. In his Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus calls for increased mortality among the poor: All the children

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBS6f-JVvTYWhat does it take to replace ourselves? Are we doing it? Table of Contents   Which scientists say it takes 1 person to replace another? Where does the 2.1 come from? Wouldn’t replacement rate fertility be 2.0? Replacement rate fertility requires each woman to replace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXrN9HhnCcMAre people hungry because there’s not enough food on Planet Earth, or is the answer more complex? Table of Contents   Who says there is enough food for everyone? Both of the world’s leading authorities on food distribution (the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUY4ztwIVfAWhy poverty isn’t caused by “overpopulation.” Table of Contents   How is poverty defined, for the purposes of this video? For the purposes of this video, we use the World Bank’s definition of poverty. The World Bank defines poverty as: … pronounced deprivation in well-being,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iodJ0OOdgRgIt’s a huge number. But it’s not what you think. Table of Contents   You are very confident about the earth’s population leveling off and then falling. How can you prove this? After all, population is still growing. Population is still technically growing, but according

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QWAXWhtSCQCities are overcrowded. The world is not. Table of Contents   Innovation, Collaboration, and Economic Development are possible only in cities. Why is that? When more people are grouped together, they are able to put their minds together and come up with better ideas and