Here it is in simple math

[cecilia]

"Look at those figures, those are facts"

oh, snap!

this guy is very smart and you can tell he's told this about a million times. i just wish the camera operator wasn't so dippy. This stuff has to be presented in a better way. well, that's MY bug-a-bo, anyway  :lol:

the problem is that there's only some people smart enough to understand this - and most of humanity is a big pile of dim-wits.

somehow the smart people have to get off this planet and live somewhere safe from the cretons.

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just watched all of it and i love how he quotes Asimov at the end. Basically saying that democracy can't survive overpopulation. brilliant, of course.
years ago, the main reason i decided not to have children was because of Asimov's position on this issue.

I'm very happy that i have not contributed to the world's population problem!

[cecilia]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

cecilia wrote:
I'm very happy that i have not contributed to the world's population problem!

You could have one or two kids and not contributing to the world's population problem, in a certain sense :-)

wrong - watch (if you can) this video and see if you can understand (I know he's talking fast) the math. we need not just ZERO growth - we need NEGATIVE growth. if everyone had only ONE child, then maybe it would be possible for me. (past tense as I'm just too tired at this point to even consider kids).

people have to just STOP having kids. the end.

and it doesn't matter genetically if smart people have kids. we are so similar genetically we are really each others brother and sister. (all you perverts will love that!) :lol:

however, as i came from a family of truly intelligent and educated people, i have to say that, yes, better people are more likely to come from smart families. and by "better" i mean, productive, not distructive.

[cecilia]

see, the professor was right, people don't understand Exponentials.