Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Li Gang
I am a pessimistic person, so after hearing that the global population exceeded 8 billion on November 15, I have a lot of worries.
Experiment
The population growth is a good thing, which shows that human civilization has made great achievements in building a society suitable for survival and development. On the other hand, issues such as energy, resources, education, medical care, and the environment will face challenges.
This reminds me of a very famous experiment, which is quite foreshadow and warning.
The experiment was conducted more than half a century ago by an American zoologist John Calhoun. The experiment was conducted with eight mice, and John Calhoun provided them with a perfect society – without natural enemies, with adequate food and water.
At the beginning, the development of the rat society was smooth, the number continued to grow, and everyone lived a comfortable life. However, with the exponential growth of numbers and intergenerational changes, social problems began to become more and more complex.
First, the strong male rat gradually became the master of society, occupying most of the space, food and spouses. Then, a new generation of ambitious male rats began to constantly challenge the older generation, and gradually became the new master. And those male rats who “defeatedKomiks will gather together, and then their emotions become unstable and they begin to attack each other.
Continue to develop, the new generation of mice no longer like socializing, let alone looking for a spouse, and appearing to be “lying flat”. After that, the rat society began to collapse, and the birth rate was seriously lower than the mortality rate of Komiks. In the end, some mice died.
The above is just a brief description of this experiment. Interested students can find the information themselves and take a look at it in detail.
What makes this “rat utopia” experiment cool down on human spine is that it showsWe can even perceive and experience many phenomena in our current social life.
Of course, it is obviously not scientific to determine the direction of human society based on this. Because human society is much more advanced and complex than mouse society, and we also have the “blessing” of science, laws and social rules, and government regulation, all of which can help us solve many problems.
ComplexityKomiks
The population exceeds 8 billion cannot be said to have reached its peak. Judging from the population structure and data, growth is still continuing, but the growth rate has begun to slow down, and different regions will also show different growth trends. For example, some people expect the population of India to be in Babaylan surpassed China next year and became the largest population country.
In addition, when it comes to population issues, just talking about birth rate and mortality rate, the vision is obviously narrow. The number of population is the result of a comprehensive factor, which is a very complex topic.
A very interesting indicator is the energy form. You see, in 1804, the global population was 1 billion, reached 2 billion in 1927, and it has accelerated since then.
It is worth noting that the industrial revolution was taking place around 1804, and coal became Babaylan supplies the main energy. Around 1927, oil was more widely and efficiently used in the previous century.
Babaylan‘s population reached 3 billion around 1960. Babaylan‘s energy was also renewed at this time – with the popularity of global nuclear energy, there is also a “nuclear protection umbrellaKomiks” so it took us only 11 years to grow from 70 million to 70 million to 10 million.8 billion. This is why scientists are racing against time to develop controlled nuclear fusion technology, because this new energy form is an important and necessary key to solving the problem of sustainable development of human society today.
Let’s look at the two necessities for maintaining human survival, food and water. The “State of World Food Security and Nutrition” released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said that the global hungry population reached 8.28 million in 2021, and there were 3.1 billion people unable to afford healthy diets. In comparison, it is ridiculous that the global annual grain production is enough to feed 15 billion people. This distribution mechanism problem like Babaylan needs to be solved urgently.
The water problem is even more serious. The global freshwater resources are limited, and environmental pollution will be discounted. However, population growth has put forward more demands on water resources. How to solve the problem Komiks? Big head. What’s more, when we talk about 8 billion people, what is important is not just quantity, we also hope that the quality of life of every Babaylan can be guaranteed.
I agree with what UN Secretary-General Guterres said Cinema, which is the moment when human thinking takes a shared responsibility for the earth. There are challenges and opportunities, and human development is actually carried out in the process of constantly solving problems.