Recently I saw the movie Inferno, which told the story of a villain trying to bring on global disease to fight overpopulation. At first I thought, what a weird problem to put in a movie. But then I started to investigate the subject more profoundly and it appears that overpopulation is a serious threat to our future.
Below is a video that explains this problem accurately.
Questions:
1. Do you think overpopulation is a big
problem?
2. How do you manage long queues,
traffic jams and crowd in pick hours?
3. What do you think, how the problem
of overpopulation will be solved in the next few years?
Sources:
https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-effects-solutions-of-overpopulation.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gyXYkNct_g
Comments
2. I don't mind traffic in Warsaw. It's still faster driving in traffic than using public transport. I can't stand queues though. I'd rather come back in less popular hour than stay in queue. Same goes with the crowds.
3. Problem with overpopulation with solve itself with improving living conditions in poorer parts of the globe and with decreasing global population after it reaches its limit.
2. With buying a motorbike i solve the problem with traffic jam in a good weather days, or trying to do all of my need not in pick hours.
3. Overpopulation solve itself.
1. According to the video a "real" overpopulation would not be a serious problem. But if we consider such a case that everyone is immortal (like in the book I mentioned) then yes, I would say it could be an unquestionable problem.
2. Personally I don't really have a problem with queues an traffic jams as I live in a rural area and I rarely have to deal with those inconveniences. But I have a problem with crowds and noise when I'm in Warsaw, this really makes me tired as I'm not used to it :-)
3. According to the video you've posted - the problem will probably solve itself, we could only wait for developing countries to reach next stages of demographic transition.
Imo, it is. I mean, maybe not a biggest problem in the world, but people should do something about it. Sad thing is a fact that overpopulation is best seen in poor countries like India. I do not really now what we can do about it... At Dan Drowns book called "Infeno" there was a man that made special virus that made over 90% of people unable to have children. It's quite radical move for sure, haha.
2. How do you manage long queues, traffic jams and crowd in pick hours?
In my current work we have something called flexible hours, that means you can come to work every hour you want. It's quite popular nowadays, so I think that quite a lot companies are doing it now. So, for example I try to start my work at 7 o'clock and finish it until. That means I have not seen crowded public transport or traffic jams for a while ;) Also I'm always trying to read some book at bus, that means I do not waste time even if there is a traffic - I just read book for a bit longer.
3. What do you think, how the problem of overpopulation will be solved in the next few years?
I do not think so, because how it could be achieved? Kill half of the population like Thanos from Avangers? This can be achieved in long term future.
I think that our population is growing every day but the most problematic countries are the big ones like India, China and so on but their government have already taken steps to stop their population from growing so fast. I think overpopulation is a really big problem but we already know that and try to prevent that.
2. How do you manage long queues, traffic jams and crowd in pick hours?
Right now long queues are decreased just because almost everyone can me done remotely from home using the internet so this is one of the best management of long queues. The second one is to use tickets with numbers. When it comes to traffic jams I think that it is not a problem in big countries where are really good connections in public transport because its just cheaper and you don't have to worry about anything and as we can see in New York many people are using it every day, or public bicycles or just any other type of scooters or something like that. I think that it can easly be managed.
3. What do you think, how the problem of overpopulation will be solved in the next few years?
I have no clue how the numbers could be narrowed. I think one of the good things about wars was that overpopulation was not the problem but killing is never an answer and because of that I have no idea how to lover the numbers.
The key threat of overpopulation of the planet is reduced to pressure on the environment. The main impact on nature comes from the cities. Occupying only 2% of the earth's land, they are the source of 80% of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere. In 1950, the earth's population was 2.52 billion people. Today there are more than 7.5 billion people living on Earth. According to the UN forecasts, 9.7 billion people can be expected in 2050, and in 2100 – all 11 billion, which is a critical indicator for the planet.
2. How do you manage long queues, traffic jams and crowd in pick hours?
Long queues aren't a problem if you go shopping when most people are at work, don't drive in pick hour. I usually do everything on foot and useful and do not stand in traffic jams.
3. What do you think, how the problem of overpopulation will be solved in the next few years?
For women necessary to provide work and education in order to increase interest in careers and, conversely, to reduce the interest to premature motherhood. It's also necessary to legalize abortion. That is how the overpopulation of the planet can be delayed. Solutions to this problem include other concepts.
Of course, this is one of the problems with which humanity will have to face in the future. I do not think this is a very big problem for the highly developed countries, who care about their nation. The biggest problem will be for poorly developed countries, where the problem of overpopulation may affect not only the social and political climate, but also on the health of people. However, this problem can also reach every other country - let's look at, for example, China and their One-child policy.
2. How do you manage long queues, traffic jams and crowd in pick hours?
Queues? What is this? Paradoxically, I understand the problems with long waiting in queues, but this is not a bigger problem for me. If there is a queue, I am waiting for my turn and that's it. When I have an appointment somewhere, where I am to be at a particular time, I set out on a journey early so that I will not be late. I confess politics - hurry up, but with your head. Hurry up has never brought anything good to anyone, so why not just wait?
3. What do you think, how the problem of overpopulation will be solved in the next few years?
It will be difficult to do something in next few years, to have had a visible effect. Of course, we can try to introduce birth control as China, but we must realize that we will have to wait for the effects not one, but several generations.
Since my work has a floating schedule, I am exempted from a trip in transport during rush hour and I can go when everything is at work and there are no traffic jams.
My opinion is that nature itself will take care of this, since our main goal was to extend the genus and, as for me, all of this should be taken into account and calculate that sooner or later there will be overpopulation. There is at least natural selection and all that.
2. Honestly, I don’t remember when I was staying in the queue recently. In the modern world most of things can be handled by internet. The exceptions are grocery stores and public administration offices. Queues in shops are partially solved by card payments which can be done much faster than using primitive cash, however we will have to wait a little bit longer for disappearance of people that don’t want to use cards.
Traffic jams in Warsaw are relatively low compared to other Polish cities, and the public transport is quite well organised. It is crowdy sometimes, but I consider this as a price of living in a big, great city. Crowds are unpleasant, but on the other hand it gives a feeling of being a part of something big and significant. Personally, whenever the weather allows it, I use a motorcycle to travel around the city.
3. The question is – will it be solved at all? There are some political strategies to lower the population in China, but in Europe it may sound a little too radical. We should remember than the birthrate of Europeans is negative, and only immigrants cause the increase of population. This is unfortunately someone’s else problem which became our problem. In my opinion – paradoxically we should focus on increasing our own birthrate to balance the threat of cultural overtake.
2. In fact, the traffic are annoying but otherwise I don't feel any other effects. I don't do shopping on weekends and rush hour. I buys clothes only on the internet.
I don't like crowds, so I don't often go to the Center. I don't know if I would call it overpopulation.
3. I can't answer this question.
I usually try to avoid traffic jams by choosing the alternative mode of transport, for example bike or tram. But when I have no other option I personally don’t mind being stuck there. It is a part of living in a big city.
I think the well-developed infrastructure could handle highly populated city. The Problem could also solve itself over a period of time when a country enters the last stage of a demographic transition.
Of course, our planet is not rubber, but if the processes of a population of people get out of control, it will be a real threat.
An increase in population is a natural process, but it is controlled. People are more likely to consciously approach the increase in their families. Where it turns out badly, the state begins to intervene, creating various policies to regulate the population. But this is not always a successful practice.
In order to deal with excessive traffic and queues, you just need to use modern methods in the management, I'm talking about technology. For example, enter electronic queues, and use computer algorithms to calculate traffic.
I do not think that this is a problem, because the world is big enough to accommodate everyone.
With the development of technology, we will be able to settle on other planets, so I will undermine this to a large extent the excessive growth of humanity.
The only problem is with raw materials because they end at a rapid pace but thanks to technology we are already able to use renewable sources
2. How do you manage long queues, traffic jams and crowd in pick hours?
Thanks to Warsaw, I gained the "Patience" skill :). public transport of this place is so developed that it is easy to avoid traffic jams, such as the metro
3. What do you think, how the problem of overpopulation will be solved in the next few years?
It seems to me that solving this problem will be settling on other planets
2. I just agree with it, because I can't change that.
3. According to me, if there will be a really big overpopulation, people will travel to other planets or to the moon. But I do not think it will happen in the next few decades.
When it comes to long queques, and traffic jams i just go with it or avoid them if possible, long que to the bar (skip), traffic jam (ill walk), que in shop? ill try another one.
Unfortunately what i think will happen is people with power will throw good money at sterilizing whole countries via food and drinks without their knowledge.
2. Well I use public transportation and as long as I’m not in a hurry and have smartphone I don’t care about traffic jams. If I’m in a hurry and I know that there can be some traffic I start my journey a bit sooner. Long queues and crowd I rarely must deal with those problems.
3. It’s either this happy ending like in the video that you provided, or more drastic way that was show in history such as global wars, super virus or natural disaster that will wipe out most of population.
In Poland in particular, the scariest prospect we are facing is that soon we will be a country of the elderly, like Switzerland, but we have nowhere near their budget to support the pensioners. That and the unavoidable shortage of fresh water that we have been very adamantly ignoring for the last few decades.
In my opinion, overpopulation is a big problem, because more people are more food and clean water. For now, only a small part of the world feels it, although this will most likely change in the near future.
2. How do you manage long queues, traffic jams and crowd in pick hours?
Unfortunately, I have no influence on other people. If it is possible, I try to go everywhere in time without queues and traffic jams, and when the cork hits, I try to dodge it cunningly.
3. What do you think, how the problem of overpopulation will be solved in the next few years?
In my opinion, this problem is very difficult to repair, and even some countries like China have stopped paying attention to it.
2. I try to avoid riding a bike or a motorcycle and organizing time to avoid the worst hours.
3. currently hard to come up with an ethical way on this issue, but in the long term, I hope for a solution in the style of a settlement of the oceans and the conquest of space, the problem is or will be ready on time. I once read an interview with Stephan Howking where he said that according to him, if we don't settle other planets in 100 years mankind would become extinct, I've read it already a few years ago now I can't find this article.
Currently no. The Earth can handle a lot more people than there are currently
2. How do you manage long queues, traffic jams and crowd in pick hours?
I picked a job a little bit outside the city. When people are coming I'm leaving, and when they are leaving, I'm leaving
3. What do you think, how the problem of overpopulation will be solved in the next few years?
New law that makes you unable to have more than one or two children? There are many ways.
2. I avoid them at all costs. Sometimes I'll take the subway if the traffic is really bad.
3. As I mentioned in the first point- we know the population will start dropping, it's a natural process for developing countries, once countries like India and China reach the same level as Western, first world countries- their growth will slow down, in wealthier countries people have less kids, they focus more on their careers and comodities. So the rapidly developing countries will also slow down at some point. However the question till then remains- how will we feed us all before everything drops down?