New Video: Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained

I have worried about overpopulation before and I never thought that it would eventually slow down. Thanks Kurzgesagt, for making me aware of this!

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Very reassuring! I've known about pieces of this argument before, but seeing the whole thing put together like this is great. I guess the next question would be whether the natural peak of our population growth strains Earth's carrying capacity.

Aepokk

That sounds made up. Under-5 mortality (which is what usually gets reported) is below 15% even in the worst African countries and between 5-10% in most of North Africa: <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality?tab=map&amp;year=2013" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality?tab=map&amp;year=2013</a> It seems implausible that mortality between ages 6-10 would be four times higher than that .

Tisza Gergő

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Kay Brinkmann

Thank you especially much for this video. While I maintain a certain level of skepticism about overpopulation being a myth (my faith in human intelligence as a general institution is not boundless) it is encouraging to hear there is a plausible and rational reason for predicting an ultimate end to the growth cycle. This is reassuring in a way that blindly saying "technology will solve our problems" is not. After all, technology is not a push button solution. It takes plenty of time to research, invent, manufacture and deploy any new technological solution. If we were in a race against perpetual exponential growth, sooner or later we would lose the race. But if, as this video suggests, there is a foreseeable end to the growth cycle, this leaves me considerably more hopeful.

Charley

I love how eating bugs is presented as a part of future life (6:08). Quite probably will be.

Dmitry Mandriko

Great video, thank you! :)

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Darryl Quintin

It's great to hear optimism, but I'm a little skeptical. What is considered overpopulated isn't a static number, it is relative to the environment and available resources to support that population. What we call stable is dependent on energy availability and infrastructure and our current climate. If any of these conditions change then what is considered a stable population will change as well, so despite this information I think it's wise to be concerned since if we're at population capacity then we're in a very fragile position where LOTS of people are at risk of being unsupported should any of those factors change a little bit. As always though, production quality is second to none and it was a pleasure to watch and think about.

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Wonderful video, thanks!

Outpox

Did you watch the video Paul?

Yeah this is unfortunately inaccurate. 3/5 children die in north Africa before age 10 and its still overpopulated. Overpopulation is a thing and it's destroying entire cultures.

Really awesome video. I've been interested in overpopulation recently, this summed it up really well!

So uplifting! Somedays I just wonder if humanity has given up and just expects an apocalyptic future. Also, while this video is stylistically yours, I'm noticing more details in the transitions and the characters. All very nice!

But, seriously, great video :)

Haha, wait, I was expecting another prediction of disaster as you're wont to do! :P

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Leon Johnson

Was going to ask this same question!

Leo Herzog

Great video! I am not as worried about population growth now. I also noticed you used a different animation style! Is this a one-off or are you going to continue with this? I think I preferred the style from "A New History for Humanity - The Human Era". Thank you for all your hard work on this, you always produce beautiful videos!

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