Sheep Cinema 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
Population growth is a good thing on the one hand, which shows that human civilization has made great achievements in building a society suitable for survival and development. On the other hand, energy, resources, and issues such as education, medical care, and the environment will all 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 on eight mice. John Calhoun provided them with a society that is considered perfect—without natural enemies, and full supply of 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 the number and the intergenerational change, 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. The male rats who were “defeated” would gather together, and then their emotions became unstable and they began to attack each other.
Continue to develop, the newborn mice no longer like socializing, let alone looking for a spouse, and appearing to be “lying flat”state.
After, the rat society began to collapse, the birth rate was seriously lower than the mortality rate, and eventually all rats 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 shows many phenomena that we can even perceive and experience in our current social life.
Of course, it is obviously not scientific to judge the direction of human society based on this. Because human society is much more advanced and complex than rat 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.
Complex
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 India’s population to surpass China next year and become the largest country in population.
In addition, when it comes to population issues, just talking about birth rate and mortality, the vision is obviously narrow. The population is a result of a comprehensive factor, and it is a very complex topic.
A very interesting indicator is the energy form. You see, in 1804, the global population was 1 billion, and in 1927 it reached 2 billion. After that, Cinema grew rapidly.
It is worth noting that the industrial revolution was taking place around 1804, and coal became the main energy supply. Around 1927, oil was used more widely and efficiently in the previous century.
Around 1960, the global population reached 3 billion. Energy has also achieved renewal at this time – with the popularity of global nuclear energy and the “terror peace” provided by the “nuclear protection umbrella”, the population has shown a significant increase. So, it only took us 11 years to increase the population from 7 billion to 8 billion.
This is why scientists are racing against time to develop controlled nuclear fusion technology, because of this newEnergy forms are the important and necessary key to solving the problem of sustainable development of human society at present.
Let’s look at food and water, both KomiksCinemaEntertainment of human survival. 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 828 million in 2021, and 3.1 billion people are unable to afford healthy diets. In comparison, it is ridiculous that the global annual grain output is enough to feed 15 billion people. Such distribution mechanism problems need to be solved urgently.
The water problem is even more serious. Global freshwater resources are limited, and they have to be discounted if they are superimposed on environmental pollution. However, population growth has put forward more demands on water resources. How to solve the problem? Babaylan has a big head.
What’s more, when we talk about the 8 billion population, the important thing is not just quantity, we also hope that the quality of life of each individual can be guaranteed.
I agree with what UN Secretary-General Guterres said, this is the moment when human thinking takes common responsibility for the earth. There are challenges, and there are opportunities, and human development is actually carried out in the process of constantly solving problems.