The eloquence, the sharpness of thought and the commitment with which Sir David Attenborough keeps working towards informing, I dare to say even educating his fellow humans is astonishing, admirable, enviable and should be emulated with every opportunity. Individually we should contemplate this issues, the role we take in them and consider meaningful actions to participate in the most needed change that ultimately ensure Human existence in a egalitarian and ethical way. This Man truly is a Sir.
I've loved this bloke all of my life, I'm not ashamed to admit it. Truth is necessary and it is real. We're just another organism preoccupied with our own self importance.
as a beginning,it is time to stop giving child tax credits on income taxes and begin giving credits to people who never had a child. Society in general should not be subsidizing people to have children.
@@RUclipssuxdonkeys I endorse this suggestion. I have thought this for decades. I applaud all the complimentary comments about Sir David's speech as well. I am a 70 years old woman, now, but I was very much ahead of my time, and chose not to have children. I was a far thinking, educated woman who thought deeply about matters. I was also brought up Catholic, but,looked at their doctrines rationally and objectively as I entered my late teens. Ironically,usually the women that produce the most children are least able to provide for them and expect the state to pick up the tab!
Sir David, you must be listened to, now more than ever. Tears stream from my eyes in the knowledge that you speak the truth. Hopefully you will succeed where so many others have failed.
Let's hope that it will not be too late when we finally start to care more about our environment and our ever growing population rather than caring only about money and power!
Goodness, this man is so eloquent. He takes a topic which is regarded by many as completely taboo, yet completely pertinent, and tackles it head on. He speaks sense. It's a statement without judgement and with great insight. I wish the world could catch up to his thinking.
The root cause of most of humanities problems is a growing population chasing finite resources, solve that and a huge number of other issues will be resolvable. To not solve this is to ensure all our other problems remain insoluable. Bless sir David for articulating this so well and damn neo-classical economics for denying this problem even exists.
@Jacob Zondag Oh nonsense. Name a single resource we are running out of. You can't. because there are'nt any. In the 18 th century the deepest mines went to about 100 metres but then could go no further because of water issues. Then steam loco motives came along and could pump the water , so depths of 180 metres were achieved. Now with advanced mining techniques mines go down to over 4 km's !!!. There are now plans for mining at far greater depths. There is NOTHING we will ever run short of. There is more than enough plutonium in the sea to power an earth with 50 Billion people for 10 000 years !!!. If people don't like plutonium then there is even more thorium on the moon than it would possible to ever use. The biggest thing we are short of is common enough sense to know when pseudo scientists (like Attenborough ) are hyping it up in front of gormless idiots. Half of those pretentious twats in the audience probably believe that the moon landing were faked and that the MMR vaccine causes autism.
@Jacob Zondag Concentration of Dy in the Earth's crust is 5.2 mg/kg - you do the math. We only use about 100 tons a year. Uranium occurs in seawater. As it is removed from the seawater it is replaced by leaching into the sea from the underlying rock. Although neodymium is classed as a rare-earth element, it is fairly common, no rarer than cobalt, nickel, or copper, and is widely distributed in the Earth's crust. Lanthanum is the third-most abundant of all the lanthanides, making up 39 mg/kg of the Earth's crust, behind neodymium at 41.5 mg/kg and cerium at 66.5 mg/kg. It is almost three times as abundant as lead in the Earth's crust. Helium does get lost into space but it takes about 100 years to leave the earths atmosphere. It has constantly done so since before life began on earth. 3000 metric tons of helium are generated per year throughout the lithosphere and vast new discoveries of helium have been made. Helium is so cheap and plentiful that the US Strategic reserve sold off ALL of it's helium because they realized that Helium is not 'strategic at all and the USA can produce as much as it needs anytime it wants.
@Jacob Zondag A man with wisdom ?. Who speaks about things he knows absolutely FUCKALL about ?? . I know fuckall about opera. Or chicken farming. So I don't open my trap on these subjects. Lot's of people are eloquent. Liars , fraudsters and scam artists are extremely eloquent in the execution of their crimes and again in front of the judge when they are brought to heel. 'Quality' of what "work" ?. Talking through his cakehole is not "work". If he simply made wildlife documentaries that would be "work". But when he talks utter shyte about stuff he really knows sweet FUCKALL about then his "work" becomes the "work" of a scam artist or tele-sales fraudster. As I said he is not a scientist , not an economist , not a geographer , not a demographer. Not even a moral human being. So why is he talking ? Let me tell you why he is talking . Because he is a rotten ,stinking , savage misanthrope. That's why. And he appeals to misanthropes everywhere.
@@JohnJones-ct9pr you are a supreme dumbass. He gathers his information based on scientific research of our rising population being the root cause of issue's. You may not want to believe it so you can coddle yourself into believing that the Earth is infinite in resources. The only reason we are fine today is thanks to scientific advancements in growing food more rapidly but there is a downside to it and science can't continuously save us after a point. Balance is key for longevity.
@@JohnJones-ct9pr zero rationality but lots of ad hominem and emotional resoning that says nothing from Yr side... Yawnn... You cant argue from a lower level..
@@renatika Lot's of ad hominem ? Yes of course . Remember this is a thoroughly evil man. Decent people don't talk in hushed reverent tones about Mao , Stalin , Hitler or Ted Bundy. They are denounced as evil , wicked , satanic cunts.This man is a fraudster and a charlatan . I challenge you to prove that he has ANY qualifications to talk the kind of shit that he does. As I have pointed out he is not a scientist , not an economist , not a geographer , not a demographer. And yet he jumps on any podium his groupies to shriek his vile codswallop. Hitler did that. Hitler should have been kicked and spat at. He was'nt. And a holocaust happened. Millions of people who should have been born were not born as well as those who were murdered. This evil cunt who you seem infatuated with is laying the groundwork for another bout of mass eugenics.
@@subnegro4946, Yes, ["too many people"] is a self-serving myth. It is propagated by the ruling class who knows that much fewer servants are need to work for them due to the enormous productivity increase in modern industry.
Brilliant speech! I wish we had more people who would talk about this huge issue. I applaud Sir David Attenborough for this speech and thank him for his honesty.
that was absolutely brilliant! he said everything correctly. absolute flawless speech. sir attenborough deserves that sir. it was a big risk to his reputation to make that speech too. but he did it. because these things need to be done.
I am childfree exactly for these reasons. I consume less than my peers for this. I grow native plants and respect my surroundings because I love things that do not waste...our friends in nature...the efficient world.
Birth rates are dropping like a stone in most developed countries - Germany and Japan in particular. The exploding populations are mostly in developing countries.
I stopped worrying about climate change when I realized that population was the real elephant in the room. Until human population decreases there is little chance that ecological disaster can be avoided. Another issue that is almost never talked about is that our economic systems and theory is almost entirely designed around increasing growth of the economy. Since population and demographics are the primary drivers of growth, we do not have the economic systems that are designed to deal with decreasing population. That also means, we don't have any political or social systems that can deal with decreasing population. These problems will eventually manifest themselves and I hope that some economists and politicians start to think of how they can help manage the birthrate. Humanity needs no lessons on managing the death rate.
Unsupported comments. Maybe brilliant logic but is there at least an essay marshalling the evidence.? IMHO "Our Crisis Is A Birth" into a fully human species (in full control of our animal-inherited instincts).
Andrew Logan damn what are you on about. Europe is dying the population has already peaked and as of next year it will be in perpetual decline. Other than sub Sahara Africa the whole world is below replacement birth rate and the only reason it is increasing is because people are living longer. No country has reversed a below replacement fertility rate.David Attenborough is part of the problem he should the honourable thing to decrease the elderly population.
@@googlebarbaralernerspectre2581 What country do you live in? If you are in a western nation especially in you reside in USA and UK, you beat them all GHG per capita and trade import of CO2
People more informed disliked the video : Attenborough was once my hero. He sold his soul ..... David Bellamy refused to and was removed from our screens. ruclips.net/video/ZS6EGoTuWNY/видео.html
U really think that when captain Byrd said Antartica has much land and so many resources and all country’s shared a pact to not pillage it . The same country’s who signed up for a massive depopulation programme agenda 21 , the only people who r ruining this earth is the very leaders who rule us , with there chopping down trees there , there chem trails and there greed , this planet has more than enough resources and l watched a good documentary about over population , how do we know it’s overpopulated when the very people who lie and steal from the people and cause wars and misery tell us many r in towns and city’s but there is vast areas of fields and land , oh back to the documentary these people did thorough journalist into that they r big truth people and they said it’s a myth we r over populated , and over watched many a documentary by these people and l trust them than by someone who has been bought off and is doing the work of the elites , because he’s done many a good documentary does not mean he has the authority or knowledge to speak about this , lost my. Respect .
this should go viral! Its an amazing message about uniting to help the poor and to empower women and to ultimately help the planet aswell. This is not a magical solution but a crucial step towards a greater goal.
@@pxpl5538 The meaning "The science of improving a population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics." What thing in Attenborough's speech even goes anywhere near this? You're do the usual trick of inventing anything to excuse the inexcusable!
David Attenborough is one of the most universally loved individuals on the planet and these clear, thoughtful and honest insights that he shares with us are among the reasons why.
I don't care about human suffering due to overpopulation, I worry about the depleting natural world eaten away by overpopulation and that will wipe out most of humans too!
David Attenborough is brilliant. A man of conscience, and experience to shame us all for humanities excesses and profligate, avaricious, wastefulness. We ignore his warnings at our extreme peril.
“The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome. The real enemy then, is humanity itself.“ - Club of Rome,
Wrong. Club of Rome is bullshit to say somebody decided to "search for a new common enemy, and then decided pollution, global warming were problems". Pollution, manmade global warming WERE PROBLEMS ALREADY.
@Jacob Zondag Is it not obvious? His lies that we humans are too many. Really? Well maybe he alone is the "too many" and so he ought to have offed himself?
@Jacob Zondag What is "dire" is the great deception of anti-family liars making up their pagan BS about the supposed so-called "overpopulation" that they themselves just made up due to their very poor understanding of the world. They do not sound quite plausible. Only to the lazy and the gullible mind, such as yours? So he is a humanist? Or you mean like atheist liar? Not only is his fake religion wrong, but the conclusions that it leads to are totally unacceptable. Talk about imposing false religious beliefs onto others? Where is his "tolerance" of the family with 14 children? Isn't tolerance supposed to be like some sort of virtue these wicked days? Or would that just be stupid tolerance of sin and stupidity? Not the better kinds of tolerance? Hey, babies happen. I am a pro-lifer. I don't expect for people to use birth control, well especially if birth control obviously is not for those people, so I can easily understand how 14 children can happen. I will not fault people for their "over-sized" families if they are talking responsibility and taking good care of their naturally-growing families. Sir David knows that people disagree with his anti-family BS, and yet he pretends like it is established fact, when it is not. Do you need any more illustration of how he is such an outrageous and evil liar?
@@christinehorniman9229 As a pro-lifer, I am quite okay with having a populous world, because only God can determine such things. In fact, I advocate for increased human population, because I see not much of anything in the pro-life message, as to how to keep the human population "in check". Babies should not be murdered from abortions. So those babies will grow up to have still more babies, right? Hopefully that is a good thing?
Nonsense.......As much as he points out the ignorance of this "multiplier" of planetary problems......he fails to properly examine the natural limiter he is only honest enough to touch upon. Populations will and do and are ageing.....and though the calculus of a young escalator to look after an old escalator is as interminable as infinite growth in general.........populations, nations, economies and societies will collapse due to ageing, if we limit birthing by, fundamentally selfish means. Helping women give less birth, won't prevent the necessity of these women, in these societies which induced that tendency in the first place. Kerala is one area......it won't work in general, as new poor areas will be created by the existing pressure we experience already , which will be exacerbated as monied economies age.
The man is very deluted and part of the depopulation fanatics. On four to five continents people get too less babies to reproduce. Namely Europe, North America, South America and Asia and Oceania on the verge of it. The idea of overpopulation is an example of Zeitgeist. Atheist are especially influenced by it, they have the fewest number of kids. Major depopulation will change the world for the worse.
and younger people make fun of elders... this gentleman is EXTREMELY intelligent, insightful and knowledgeable... I'd be happy to let him run my country anytime.
I love to see anyone with the lights firmly switched on upstairs, I didn't think I could possibly respect this man any more and then he goes and says all that! Love it, why can't more people state the obvious and simple truths
My late partner & I chose not to have children because of over population but people look at us as if we are weird but think about it - my next door neighbour started out just the two of them their children are having children so before 2018 there will be at least another 10 children & then plus - our planet cannot survive with all these children !!
Nonsense. The population is increasing, and already we are adapting. The planet loves our increasing population, it adds beauty to the world. We can and must adapt, and go right on increasing.
@@yosefmacgruber1920 So far, we _seem_ to be adapting. But for how much longer? Such a self-centred species that adapts to the needs of its exploding population by depriving other species of their environments and driving them to extinction...
@@rclrd1 Don't you get it? Huge numbers of people have objections to all methods of birth control. As a pro-lifer, I have many objections to birth control. I believe we should welcome however many children that God gives us, or even all the babies that our bodies want to produce. Like I said, I believe that we should not use precautions against pregnancy, let more human lives come to be. Why should anybody struggle against nature to use awkward birth control, especially if they love children or are at least somewhat okay with the prospect of having a naturally-big family? And isn't it potentially actually nature that is "exploding" our population? Should we whine against what so much benefits us humans? Many countries are so much larger in population than they were just decades ago. But it is supposed to be that way. More and more people would be glad to live. Which people are there, that their lives are not important and that they should not matter? There are places all around to put more people. Why do you think so lowly of people? Because of bad fake-science trendy theories? All creatures are not equal. Genesis 1 : 26 clearly says that God gave man dominion over nature and over the other creatures. But why? Because man is so smart? Ha! I think it could have something to do with the sheer numbers that God planned to grow us into. We dominate because we have to. There is just so many of us humans now. And what of the OP commenting about how the next-door neighbor's family is just so "exploding" in size? Shouldn't that be a good thing? They are respecting nature by allowing for their natural growth. It is also suggestive that more of us should be similarly growing, well since the world population is growing anyway. Why not also be blessed with precious children? If I have to live in a world with just so many people, then some of those many children in the world ought to be mine. The planet actually *CAN* deal with all of those children. Otherwise, how they did so easily multiply that much? And it sounds like maybe they have objections to birth control, and as a pro-lifer, I very much respect that. I believe it quite okay in this populous time, to continue on enjoying multiplying naturally without any birth control. Actually, growing up in big families better socializes children to survive and thrive in an increasingly populous world. So what have you even predicted other than agreeing with the Bible, that this earthly realm is not our forever place?
He touches on all the basic stuff that people have forgotten. The concept of global warming starts with population growth, it doesn't start with how to predict the temperature rise over 10 years without making an error.
@@freddiemercury9647 Given the difficulty of measuring average global temperature, it is better to err on the side of right, than the side of wrong... Climate change deniers cant afford to be wrong on anything, but climate change supporters can rest easy in the knowledge that the measures taken against global warming have other benefits.... The emissions reductions and the alternative energies have a whole range of positive benefits beside the control of climate change. If something is only 90% correct, it is better than being completely wrong.
@@plinkbottle You don't get it. The point of the "global warming" hoax, is to scare us into thinking humans are killing the planet, to thereafter ration CO2 and we all live like slaves. When you hear people say "humans are a cancer" or "humans are a virus" it is because this evil plan of the Club of Rome is working. Ask yourself why Attenborough quotes Malthus - who has been wrong for 220 years. Malthus was an 18th century eugenicist who said we should kill poor people and that doctors should not bother treating the sick. Attenborough spews this evil theory as Prince Phillip looks on approvingly. Prince Phillip wants you dead. Remember that.
@@freddiemercury9647 This stuff has got nothing to do with global warming or the basic scientific principles behind it. This is all socio political paranoia. Yuck
@@plinkbottle Sure sure, there's no depopulation agenda with the Club of Rome . When Prince Phillip says if he could be reincarnated he would come back "as a virus" to wipe us out it's all a great big joke. I suggest you have a closer look at the WWF and who is behind it. Eugenics is very much in the minds of these freaks elitist freaks and you my friend are not on their list of people worth saving. You are correct to say it is nothing to do with global warming - that is the EXCUSE the Club of Rome came up with to justify their vile depopulation agenda are carbon tax they have in store. Look at the absolute gormless sacks of shit in the audience lapping it up - as if they are somehow intellectual for listening to this filth.
I agree totally - we have to realise that apart from religions that we have to get together & make sure that all our animals are protected for future generations !!!
Can I just remind everyone of the essential point that educating women and girls directly decreases the birth rate? The worst population growth happens where women are oppressed in various ways. Let's stop pointing fingers or advocating eugenics and and just push for equality and education for women and girls.
Kim Mobey educate men not to be oppressors, educate men for parental responsable. It seems now women are the problem in a world ruled, created and oppressed by men. #genderstudies #educationforall
Bravo! Bravo! Perfect speech about the central issue for the survival of the human race. Depressing and scary as shit. Excuse my Spanish. Btw. England is totally over populated.
This is no longer a problem in the western world. Almost all European countries are below replacement levels of births. So if we do nothing the population of Europe will halve this century. The problem is the exploding populations in the third world. Africa is set to quadruple in population this century after having already quadrupled in the 20th century. Another problem for civilization is that the most intelligent people in most societies will take this advice on board, but the most backward will keep having children until eventually they are the majority in every country, leading to an ultimate collapse of civilization.
I actually agree with @stev1981, but not for the reasons you probably assume. Short term Trump will be bad, longer term there is a chance that he will be good for the USA in that there is a possibility that he may break the status quo.
I fully agree, the guy is an idiot. but when a system is so non functional the only option is to break it completely and start again. And that is the potential I see, for Trump to so screw it up that it has to rebuilt completely from the ground up the way that the founding fathers of the United State intended it to be.
I've had myself sterilized and I'm really proud of it. Sometimes I see babies and it does make my mother instincts settle in... yet I would really not have wanted to set a child of someone like myself on our future planet. People seem to become more worthless by the day.. and the system we live in knows that we will have to prove our worth by doing inhuman things... for other humans. Low class people. You procreate the most... yet it your children who will be doomed the most... by your neglect of the problem you did today. Sterilize yourself if you don't want children. Even if it doesn't stop overpupolation.. it might save a humans life.. who will not want to live a life for worthless people. ... because of how expendable they will be
how about social acceptance for the child free ? most people breed due to social/familial pressure. thank goodness for Chelsea handler and jen Kirkman and let's not forget the legendary Helen mirren. less stigma and more acceptance for those who are eco friendly and child free please.
I feel sorry for your daughter. Only 15 (now 16) months old and already has to deal with an ignorant pile of garbage for a father. I can only hope that she will be educated and intelligent enough to make the decision that overpopulation is a real issue once she is grown despite growing up in a conservative family. I know that from experience since I just described my situation in a nutshell.
Population growth doesn't happen in secular industrial countries of the west. It is not us who is overbreeding, and nothing you could do would ever influence those who are.
It is not our growth and we have no control over those countries and cultures whose populations are growing. We can't control population growth in Africa without resorting to violence and we can't use violence within our legal standards of international law. Imagine: Egypt is planning to go from 90 millions to 200 millions. They can't even feed the 90 millions living in Egypt today.
Nice but he doesn't account for the massive amount of of space and recourses waisted by America's wasteful and careless capitalism For example the fact that America has twice as many empty homes as it does homeless people
Without population control, expect more wars, famine, disease, lower standards of living, mass migrations. Each country should maintain a population that can be supported by the resources available in that country.
Right, except the population is growing and poverty, disease, famine, and standards of living have all improved drastically. Global poverty is declining at a shocking rate. Do a little fucking research before giving your brilliant prediction that is demonstrably false.
Wars, diseases, poverty, bad healthcare, bad general public health (like in america), bad general nutrition ARE population control. Pretty sure war is often considered just two things: population control and business for weapon manufacturers.
Agreed with this entirely. Good to see Prince Phillip there. He's been talking about these issues for many decades. Very good and helpful details provided on this video, too.
The reason why not all people can be fed, is not due to lack of food, it's due to the uneven distribution of food. I go to local grocery stores and can't help but wonder how much of the huge qualities of food are actually sold and how much is wasted. Things are changing for the better gradually in that stores are giving more to food banks, fresh foods included.
It's on the internet. And of course the audience lives in a country that is still growing with no intention of stopping - not because of the birthrate, but because of immigration.
Actually, they're the muppets who need to have Sir David's words smashed down their throats, because *they* are the civic leaders charged with making regulations which can prevent both the destruction of the planet and the extinction of the human species.
The audience lives in a country with a decreasing population, and rather rapid - but people have decided to combat this reduction through immigration from high-fertility countries. We need countries to adapt to a decreasing population. We have to stop replacement immigration, so they are forced to.
Scotland suffers from a land shortage. Less than 100 own half of the country. Rents and land prices are to driven up. 5% of Nigeria owns all the land. Now is that an over population issue or a land issue. Also realize that land owners don't have to work like the rest of us. They can and do live off the rent of land.
spitting facts about the inevitable issues caused by increasing human populations while also advocating for women's rights worldwide. Based Sir David Attenborough.
Incentives for men to voluntarily have vasectomies and women to voluntarily have tubal ligations would be a step in the right direction. You have kids that you can't afford to take care of on your own and you want the government to help you out. Fine, but guess what? Snip, snip
Guess what, the opposite is the case. It's a legal obstacle course through humiliation for a woman to try and get herself "cleaned out" for other than live-threatening medical reasons. Seen a ted talk on that. Fought for it myself for awhile but gave up.
But the elite can easily arrange for people not being able to feed their children. Since they stole the land from us they have always had famine genocide on the back burner.
I have been making these same arguments for years. The argument never gets a rebuttal but neither does it get any attention. Couples who have more than two children should really be ashamed but our culture does not take the matter seriously.
A lot of people voted for Brexit because of over population. As sir David said, the UK is the most densely populated country in Europe. Why do we need more ?
+The Godless Beast Oh come on, England is not crowded. Rather, the British seem to have a knack of building ugly and monstrous things. Their electrical power plugs are the hugest in the world, and stupid and ugly. Their Heathrow airport looks like a run-on hodgepodge of poor design. Like they never had any master plan, but just build more and more ugliness. So if the place seems crowded, it is probably because they don't know how to design stuff to be beautiful, and just built some massive ugliness. Anyway, the world population is growing and growing, and everybody has the natural or God-given right to live and to procreate. We have to put all of these people somewhere, and so if England seems crowded, then deal with it. You have no right to complain, unless immigrants are not behaving right and running the country down. And obviously, not all immigrants are doing that. Canada ought to be growing its piddly-small population also. What is wrong with Canadians? They can't get it up? You all are so selfish, that you don't want to bother with being blessed with having babies?
+MrBarrsy68 I am pretty sure that is not why they voted for Brexit. Not due to fake-science "overpopulation" dogma BS. Rather because of taxes and E.U. corruption. "Sir" David is evil, a liar, and so very wrong. Why do you need more? Because some people would like to have children. Because more and more people would be glad to live. The UK is the most densely populated? So what? That doesn't mean that they do not have room for more people. What about respecting human rights and human dignity?
+Jack Burton While you are observing what supposedly caused your fake-science imaginary "overpopulation", consider that overpopulation dogma was based hugely upon racism, and eugenics which you would have thought that the Nazis had thoroughly discredited eugenics? But apparently we still have a lot of "under the surface" racism still going one.
Whenever some one quotes Thomas Mathless, while not even mentioning the violation of Basic Ethics, and wild mismanagement of resources (that Governments are usually the most guilty of, btw), I just can't take them srsly.
The economist and religious leaders keep saying that people will find ways to produce more food, Well who the hell wants to live in a world where there's nothing but field after field of soybeans or something covering the entire planet, all there is, is car lots, people crapping and noise oh, the noise!" no birds singing, no fish in rivers, no deer or elk, no fresh air to breath. A world with 20 billion is going to be very boring, there's going to be nothing to do but sit around and eat beans and rice and day dream about how good people had it when the population was 5 billion. I'd rather be dead. Well people will move out to space or live on Mars, they say, LOL, fallacy and waste of money, if any one thinks living on a space ship or on Mars is going to be nice as the Earth was, I got a bag of shit I'd like to sell ya. I will say right here and now people will NEVER find a place as nice, beautiful, complex, INTERESTING and Accommodating as Mother Earth. Making a lot of babies causes over population, causes boredom, misery and gnashing of teeth. The only way to a peace full secure quality of life future for people and every other living being on the planet is to just make one kid or better yet, don't make any.
The main ecological problem is not over population but a) over production and over consumption caused by capitalism's need for infinite economic growth and b) production being geared towards short term profit and as a result ignoring long term ecological consequences
@@ady9830 agree. The idea that the PEOPLE and not the way we are living is the problem is just sick. If society were organized sensibly we could have plenty of resources for everyone to live comfortably AND biodiversity. There's no contradiction. The reason we have a problem is that the core value of our society is maximal conspicuous consumption. Our problem has nothing to do with there being too many people and it's inhuman, sick, deranged, psycho to suggest otherwise.
@@Ballosopheraptor Funny when you say all that "inhuman, sick, deranged, psycho... blah blah blah" when one of the most prolific, accomplished, and experienced biologists states that the footprint we humans leave on earth is far too negatively impactful than all the other species combined. All that nonsense you said has zero evidence behind it, while most biologists and scientists in the field are stating what Sir David Attenborough stresses in his speech. Population control is an essential part of the ecosystem and nature makes sure it remains that way. Humans have learned to manipulate it and now we are beginning to witness the negative effects of it. The only solution to preventing this problem from getting out of control is acknowledging that we must reproduce responsibly, it's the only way to save the planet and everything on it, including humans. If you think otherwise, then why don't you practice what you preach and go live in a heavily populated country like India, Pakistan, or China and enjoy all the benefits of overpopulation.
these british elite are hypocrites, they kill people in north america and over populate america, the natives had very little population only 50-60 million in entire north america, now there are 400 million people and growing. Once u start on path or wrong, now u will not be able to stop it, When i have fire in ur house and its larger than the water u have its loosing battle.
d@@rutht9667 Don't be silly. David Attenborough isn't one of the "British elites" who colonised America. That was more than 200 years ago! And, incidentally, you spelled "losing" wrong.
Why are our finest only listened to and not acted on immediately? Sir David's common sense reality calms me. His ideas are cost effective, they don't hurt anyone, they unite, they are selfless. We are not as free as we think. We need each other almost every millisecond of everyday. We need to educate and spread that empathy. Greed is killing us and we are enjoying it. Respect for the land for me is blunt obvious.
An inspiring speech that, unfortunately, will fall on many deaf ears. I have a recollection of the Duke of Edinburgh, many years ago, making some derisory comment about people having large families, yet he fathered (at least) 4 kids. If anyone needed to be told about population control, it was him. But the UK always had one law for the rich and another for the less rich.
@Rad Derry Yes and the greedy minority will continue to be greedy and the majority will continue to suffer from it. As long as the world is filled with a minority that exploits the whole world and consumes way more then the majority, the world is overpopulated. Adding a couple of billions of people on top of the minority is not a good idea.This is extremely unfair but unfortunately that's the nature of the game of life. And it's not about killing anyone, it's about having less children.
@Rad Derry pathetic. the guys saying have less kids not start killing people. although i can think of more people id want dead than want alive. if we had 80% less people like we did a mere 100 years ago, that'd be 80% less car emissions ( im aware not everyone has cars but for this purpose they do), 80% less plane flights, 80% less resources needed, 80% less food needed meaning 80% less methane from cows which people say is a huge contributor to the planets issues, 80% less housing and buildings needed meaning 80% more space for trees and wildlife which suck in CO2 and give out oxygen so therefore 80% less CO2... and thats coupled with the already 80% lower CO2 initially from the 80% less cars and burning of fuels that creates it. 80% more space available meaning 80% more space to rear our livestock coupled with 80% less mouths to feed meaning we can feed the entire population hassle free on ORGANIC GRASS FED meat meaning far far far far fewer diseases that are caused by eating the hormone filled, antibiotic filled, inflammatory grain fed shit we eat nowadays. all animals raised happily and humanely and freely, all killed ethically as we don't need to kill so many (80% less). ample food and resources and space for everyone. 80% less pollution in the air meaning fresher cleaner air for everyone lowering diseases. but fuck the planet, im wanna be selfish for a second. i want clean air for me to breathe, organic grass fed food, organically grown vegetables and fruit. i wanna see trees and wildlife and grass and rivers and waterfalls and animals... not these scummy filthy cities filled with smoke, concrete, stupid buildings, a billion cars and enough cunts to keep jeremy kyle in business for the next 10,000 years. i wanna be able to travel places and see wild lions, tigers, giraffes, hippos, rhinos etc in huge numbers all thriving, not a few left because we've driven them out of their habitats with our pathetic guns because we're not capable of doing it any other way because we're a weak and feeble species. i wanna visit the amazon and see a huge rainforest bustling with exotic wildlife, not half of it cut down so you can have a nice sheet of A4 fucking paper and a wooden chair to sit your pathetic arse on outside your shit house. not to mention we have stopped evolving and getting stronger as a species because selective breeding has stopped. species constantly improve through selective breeding where only the strong survive and procreate where the weak don't. now every spastic and mong can breed as many kids as they like, often times the mongs having more and more kids compared to the decent people, leading to a devolution of the species. every disease ridden cretin can have kids nowadays in multiple numbers
So the number of people is a problem, I agree. I haven’t made it all the way through the video yet, so apologies if this is addressed in the part I haven’t seen, but overpopulation is essentially a symptom of poor economic development. Every country that has elevated to what we would call “developed” status have seen their birth rates drop to replacement or frequently lower than replacement rates. As undeveloped countries become developed and their people’s incomes rise, their birth rates too will fall. We should not focus on population growth rates but treat the underlying issues. Education (especially of women), stability, rule of law and enforcement of property rights (for all, not just the elite or corporations) are all factors that contribute to a nation’s development should be an important focus in reducing humanity’s environmental impact. Not to discount efforts in reducing waste and excess in the developed world.
How about education of men. If a woman get pregnant she is basically out of commission as a baby factory for nine months. But a man just keeps on spreading his seed. For the sake of everyone, get a vasectomy. Convert yourself from a working model to a sport model.
We abhor all "difficult" questions and we don't want to deal with them until the results of ignoring them are catastrophic. And especially we are leery of anything that we think may impact our sex lives....
As long as there is a monetary system in place, then politicians and corporations of all kinds will always encourage population increases. If you stop procreating, then the politicians open up the flood gates of a people that will.
Oh, but it isn't just about the money. Think about it. People who keep procreating, are busy raising their families, and working jobs to support their families, leaving them little time or energy to protest and upset the government. Also, procreative sex feels very good, and I think even many politicians enjoy it. I mean many people do want the good for people, and do not just want to crush people underneath the yoke of economic slavery. Even in the days of slavery, probably most slaves were allowed to enjoy sex with their spouses and to produce babies. Also, many of the trendy economic theories, seem to require continual population increase. Well it is convenient then that our genes also demand, with probably even better reasons, continual population increase.
Protest? You mean that multi BILLION dollar industry in the U.S.? Yes it actually makes government bigger. It started in the church and now Disney is in the business of the non profit industrial complex. I hope that one day our common sense will make a better decision then bringing more carbon foot prints onto the planet. Prospects are not looking good.
To what protest are you referring? I see no previous mention of protests? It is wrong to relegate precious human beings, or babies, to being mere "carbon footprints". That is not a proper way to look at the immense value and sacredness of every person. There are many compelling reasons to have more children, such that I have long encouraged people to have larger families. And it is not just that "they" want for us to procreate and population increase, but there is also the possibly-friendly natural population competition. If we do not grow our group, other groups will grow, and we lose influence. So although some might suspect ulterior motives in the system or in society encouraging further population growth, there are a lot of reasons why we should multiply, that benefit the common people as well.
Are you suggesting that it is all about making money, and that is all that is being considered? That would seem rather shortsighted. And I kind of wish it was that simple. However, there are radical crazies, some elitists with way too much power, who scheme to impose their bizarre pagan religious delusions upon us. And they are religiously contrary to the natural increase of humans, due to their own wickedness, and trendy theories that simply are not true and have a bad history to them. I suspect that your comment was sarcastic. However, there are many religious and philosophical reasons for population increase. Cultural and practical reasons also. So it is not just about the money. If stores put diaper changing counters in both the men's and women's restrooms, because they think that by encouraging more procreation, it will bring them future customers, I am okay with that. For them, it may be somewhat about the future money, but it also benefits the customers and the potential parents. It is win-win, and pro-life.
People should be required to pass a test and have a license to give birth. Far too many people are having babies left and right who are in no position mentally and financially.
You're talking about social eugenics, how about we try less extreme measures such as programs providing contraception or better education or fixing gender-inequality first.
Bravo Sir David! I've long wondered about this very thing. I've heard many people discuss ways to protect the environment, increase food production, etc... all the while ignoring the fact that no matter what we do, unless the population expansion is controlled, we are headed toward disaster. We must start talking about this!
Likewise Marilyn. It is the biggest threat to the planet and indeed us. I have been saying this for a long time. I fear it will take something of biblical proportions touching virtually every person on the planet to change attitudes though.
@@mbabcock111 Perhaps you'd like to explain away just why 60% of all other vertebrates have been wiped out by us since 1970. That's on a population of 7.8 billion. By 2100 it will be 11.5 billion. In 1970 it was 2.9 billion. As you say...a myth!!!!
@Rad Derry If you don't listen to Attenborough and his humane ways to depopulate the horror story you talk about will happen, probably in the next 80 years. It isn't bullshit. True over consumption is a major problem but if you bothered to actually listen to the video it's just one side of the coin.
I remember talking about this almost 30 years ago, arguing until I was blue in the face. People just shrugged and thought me crazy. The only with an actual point said we needed a bigger gene-pool to fully develop our potential… I wonder how many great talents are wasted through bad schooling and a violent, loveless environment of too many mouths for too little food.
We do need a way, WAY bigger market to make it economically viable to reach for the stars. We are an infinitesimal dot in the cosmos, and yet we are undeniably special and worth protecting. Expanding our population is the only way we stand a chance at evading annihilation. For goodness' sake, we can be killed tomorrow by a flare from our own sun. Also, listen to Gandhi: 'The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.' Very true. The richest countries use much more resources per capita than necessary. We can welcome ten times more compatriots into the world, as long as we use our resources better.
The only logical solution to the overpopulation problem would be the Chinese system of the family planning of the past decade's (one child per family) and that strictely implemented worldwide
@@R0I3I3IE Just being pragmatic. I feel the same, but it doesn't necessarily mean we didn't try to mitigate the issue. It certainly impacted my life in that broke my mom's heart and destoryed my HS sweetheart by me getting a vac at a young age due to concern about overpopulation. If the world was under populated I would of had many off spring. When I see a big family I can't help but feel a pang, perhaps alleviated somewhat in my life with two different women with sets of kids not my blood but I enjoyed over 27 years of family bliss. Both sets of kids finished college and moved on before we went our separate ways as close friends too. So yeah, some of us earned the right to say, yeah, I did everything I could, others selfishly or ignorantly did not help or contributed to the issue and have doomed and damned their own offspring, so whether I care or not, it is their kids and while I feel for them, _their_ problem now.
@@jeffcrawford2748, in any case, human-beings are the virus of this planet. When people say "Yeah but Mr Musk is doing this world wonders and supporting the well-being of humanity". That's only because WE fucked it up in the first place! Anything we do is for our own gain and if it's a positive "thing", it's because the negative was placed there by us. Get rid of all humans are the world would flourish! This planet needs a reboot.
I'm 20 and I know I'm screwed. It really sucks because I always envisioned myself having children in the future, but that would be the most selfish thing I could ever do.
@@freddiemercury9647 Hve you possibly considered that Attenborough might be worth listening to? He talks the truth I'm afraid. If it's difficult for you that's just tough.
@@richardsmith2825 Malthus was evil. He said poor people should be left to die. HE actually advocating killing them as well. So when someone says we should listen to Malthus I am extremely suspicious. Prince Phillip is also a eugenicist and wants you dead, that's a fact. Added to which Malthus has been WRONG for 220 years. Attenborough is rehashing 220 old nonsense so I can tell you 100% he is NOT telling the truth. David Attenborough may BELIEVE what he is saying (I doubt it) but he is wrong. And that's the facts of the matter. He knows everything there is to know about wildlife. But when it comes to the need to depopulate he is as ignorant as sin. You listen to him if you want.
I AGREE and ALSO IT WAS MY OPINION SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG. I AM NOW 70 next year and still believe as Mr Attenborough
The eloquence, the sharpness of thought and the commitment with which Sir David Attenborough keeps working towards informing, I dare to say even educating his fellow humans is astonishing, admirable, enviable and should be emulated with every opportunity.
Individually we should contemplate this issues, the role we take in them and consider meaningful actions to participate in the most needed change that ultimately ensure Human existence in a egalitarian and ethical way.
This Man truly is a Sir.
I've loved this bloke all of my life, I'm not ashamed to admit it. Truth is necessary and it is real. We're just another organism preoccupied with our own self importance.
as a beginning,it is time to stop giving child tax credits on income taxes and begin giving credits to people who never had a child. Society in general should not be subsidizing people to have children.
Best comment I've read on this video
@@RUclipssuxdonkeys I endorse this suggestion. I have thought this for decades. I applaud all the complimentary comments about Sir David's speech as well. I am a 70 years old woman, now, but I was very much ahead of my time, and chose not to have children. I was a far thinking, educated woman who thought deeply about matters. I was also brought up Catholic, but,looked at their doctrines rationally and objectively as I entered my late teens. Ironically,usually the women that produce the most children are least able to provide for them and expect the state to pick up the tab!
Sir David, you must be listened to, now more than ever. Tears stream from my eyes in the knowledge that you speak the truth. Hopefully you will succeed where so many others have failed.
You seriously need to get a grip
Let's hope that it will not be too late when we finally start to care more about our environment and our ever growing population rather than caring only about money and power!
Goodness, this man is so eloquent. He takes a topic which is regarded by many as completely taboo, yet completely pertinent, and tackles it head on. He speaks sense. It's a statement without judgement and with great insight. I wish the world could catch up to his thinking.
The root cause of most of humanities problems is a growing population chasing finite resources, solve that and a huge number of other issues will be resolvable. To not solve this is to ensure all our other problems remain insoluable. Bless sir David for articulating this so well and damn neo-classical economics for denying this problem even exists.
What resource is finite ?. None.
@Jacob Zondag Oh nonsense. Name a single resource we are running out of. You can't. because there are'nt any. In the 18 th century the deepest mines went to about 100 metres but then could go no further because of water issues. Then steam loco motives came along and could pump the water , so depths of 180 metres were achieved. Now with advanced mining techniques mines go down to over 4 km's !!!. There are now plans for mining at far greater depths. There is NOTHING we will ever run short of. There is more than enough plutonium in the sea to power an earth with 50 Billion people for 10 000 years !!!. If people don't like plutonium then there is even more thorium on the moon than it would possible to ever use. The biggest thing we are short of is common enough sense to know when pseudo scientists (like Attenborough ) are hyping it up in front of gormless idiots. Half of those pretentious twats in the audience probably believe that the moon landing were faked and that the MMR vaccine causes autism.
@Jacob Zondag Concentration of Dy in the Earth's crust is 5.2 mg/kg - you do the math. We only use about 100 tons a year. Uranium occurs in seawater. As it is removed from the seawater it is replaced by leaching into the sea from the underlying rock. Although neodymium is classed as a rare-earth element, it is fairly common, no rarer than cobalt, nickel, or copper, and is widely distributed in the Earth's crust. Lanthanum is the third-most abundant of all the lanthanides, making up 39 mg/kg of the Earth's crust, behind neodymium at 41.5 mg/kg and cerium at 66.5 mg/kg. It is almost three times as abundant as lead in the Earth's crust. Helium does get lost into space but it takes about 100 years to leave the earths atmosphere. It has constantly done so since before life began on earth. 3000 metric tons of helium are generated per year throughout the lithosphere and vast new discoveries of helium have been made. Helium is so cheap and plentiful that the US Strategic reserve sold off ALL of it's helium because they realized that Helium is not 'strategic at all and the USA can produce as much as it needs anytime it wants.
@Jacob Zondag Yes it is engineered from Uranium which occurs in VAST quantities in seawater. It is a virtually infinite resource.
@Jacob Zondag So why do the prices go up and down ?
Anyone over the age of 40 who has chosen not to have children should be given a HUGE Tax break !!
David Attenborough telling it how it is! What a speech!!!
@Jacob Zondag A man with wisdom ?. Who speaks about things he knows absolutely FUCKALL about ?? . I know fuckall about opera. Or chicken farming. So I don't open my trap on these subjects. Lot's of people are eloquent. Liars , fraudsters and scam artists are extremely eloquent in the execution of their crimes and again in front of the judge when they are brought to heel. 'Quality' of what "work" ?. Talking through his cakehole is not "work". If he simply made wildlife documentaries that would be "work". But when he talks utter shyte about stuff he really knows sweet FUCKALL about then his "work" becomes the "work" of a scam artist or tele-sales fraudster. As I said he is not a scientist , not an economist , not a geographer , not a demographer. Not even a moral human being. So why is he talking ? Let me tell you why he is talking . Because he is a rotten ,stinking , savage misanthrope. That's why. And he appeals to misanthropes everywhere.
@@JohnJones-ct9pr you are a supreme dumbass. He gathers his information based on scientific research of our rising population being the root cause of issue's. You may not want to believe it so you can coddle yourself into believing that the Earth is infinite in resources. The only reason we are fine today is thanks to scientific advancements in growing food more rapidly but there is a downside to it and science can't continuously save us after a point. Balance is key for longevity.
@@JohnJones-ct9pr zero rationality but lots of ad hominem and emotional resoning that says nothing from Yr side... Yawnn... You cant argue from a lower level..
@@renatika Lot's of ad hominem ? Yes of course . Remember this is a thoroughly evil man. Decent people don't talk in hushed reverent tones about Mao , Stalin , Hitler or Ted Bundy. They are denounced as evil , wicked , satanic cunts.This man is a fraudster and a charlatan . I challenge you to prove that he has ANY qualifications to talk the kind of shit that he does. As I have pointed out he is not a scientist , not an economist , not a geographer , not a demographer. And yet he jumps on any podium his groupies to shriek his vile codswallop. Hitler did that. Hitler should have been kicked and spat at. He was'nt. And a holocaust happened. Millions of people who should have been born were not born as well as those who were murdered. This evil cunt who you seem infatuated with is laying the groundwork for another bout of mass eugenics.
@@subnegro4946,
Yes, ["too many people"] is a self-serving myth. It is propagated by the ruling class who knows that much fewer servants are need to work for them due to the enormous productivity increase in modern industry.
Brilliant speech! I wish we had more people who would talk about this huge issue. I applaud Sir David Attenborough for this speech and thank him for his honesty.
I have been saying this about issue.
that was absolutely brilliant! he said everything correctly. absolute flawless speech. sir attenborough deserves that sir. it was a big risk to his reputation to make that speech too. but he did it. because these things need to be done.
I am childfree exactly for these reasons.
I consume less than my peers for this.
I grow native plants and respect my surroundings because I love things that do not waste...our friends in nature...the efficient world.
Birth rates are dropping like a stone in most developed countries - Germany and Japan in particular. The exploding populations are mostly in developing countries.
He wants both dead, don't worry about that
Yeah and those idiot developed countries are trying to boost their population again.
David Attenborough knows more about the natural world than all creationists put together.
I stopped worrying about climate change when I realized that population was the real elephant in the room. Until human population decreases there is little chance that ecological disaster can be avoided.
Another issue that is almost never talked about is that our economic systems and theory is almost entirely designed around increasing growth of the economy. Since population and demographics are the primary drivers of growth, we do not have the economic systems that are designed to deal with decreasing population. That also means, we don't have any political or social systems that can deal with decreasing population.
These problems will eventually manifest themselves and I hope that some economists and politicians start to think of how they can help manage the birthrate. Humanity needs no lessons on managing the death rate.
Brilliant comment.
Unsupported comments. Maybe brilliant logic but is there at least an essay marshalling the evidence.?
IMHO "Our Crisis Is A Birth" into a fully human species (in full control of our animal-inherited instincts).
Well said, you have reached a higher stage of political understanding.
Andrew Logan damn what are you on about. Europe is dying the population has already peaked and as of next year it will be in perpetual decline. Other than sub Sahara Africa the whole world is below replacement birth rate and the only reason it is increasing is because people are living longer. No country has reversed a below replacement fertility rate.David Attenborough is part of the problem he should the honourable thing to decrease the elderly population.
Human greed will be our downfall.
Blame China and Japan, India is up there too with greed.
@@googlebarbaralernerspectre2581 What country do you live in? If you are in a western nation especially in you reside in USA and UK, you beat them all GHG per capita and trade import of CO2
I don't understand what kind of people disliked the video .....
Indians I guess.....they love reproduction.
@@aktarzaman4013 Indian fertility rate is approaching replacement levels. You might want to look elsewhere.
@@pdd3 Hmm,,,Bangladesh has already achieved it.
People more informed disliked the video :
Attenborough was once my hero. He sold his soul ..... David Bellamy refused to and was removed from our screens. ruclips.net/video/ZS6EGoTuWNY/видео.html
@JSN PRKR Rubbish. How many channels have to created to promote this garbage?
So much truth in these short 15 minutes. We are in a population crisis and it’s affecting everything.
U really think that when captain Byrd said Antartica has much land and so many resources and all country’s shared a pact to not pillage it . The same country’s who signed up for a massive depopulation programme agenda 21 , the only people who r ruining this earth is the very leaders who rule us , with there chopping down trees there , there chem trails and there greed , this planet has more than enough resources and l watched a good documentary about over population , how do we know it’s overpopulated when the very people who lie and steal from the people and cause wars and misery tell us many r in towns and city’s but there is vast areas of fields and land , oh back to the documentary these people did thorough journalist into that they r big truth people and they said it’s a myth we r over populated , and over watched many a documentary by these people and l trust them than by someone who has been bought off and is doing the work of the elites , because he’s done many a good documentary does not mean he has the authority or knowledge to speak about this , lost my. Respect .
Well, you can always start with old number one. Get to it.
this should go viral! Its an amazing message about uniting to help the poor and to empower women and to ultimately help the planet aswell. This is not a magical solution but a crucial step towards a greater goal.
@@pxpl5538 The meaning "The science of improving a population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics." What thing in Attenborough's speech even goes anywhere near this? You're do the usual trick of inventing anything to excuse the inexcusable!
IT IS COMMON SENSE WHICH WAS NOT VERY POPULAR FOR SOME TIME
David Attenborough is one of the most universally loved individuals on the planet and these clear, thoughtful and honest insights that he shares with us are among the reasons why.
@Rad Derry WELL SAID RAD DERRY !
I don't care about human suffering due to overpopulation, I worry about the depleting natural world eaten away by overpopulation and that will wipe out most of humans too!
Same. I hope for a pandemic.
The endangered animal list grows longer every year.
Rad Derry both
Caucasionoid - endangered species of animal.
My comment was prophecy, hooray! Albeit, this pandemic is way too mild - but atleast it gives the natural world some time to regenerate.
I could listen to David Attenborough talk forever.
David Attenborough is brilliant. A man of conscience, and experience to shame us all for humanities excesses and profligate, avaricious, wastefulness. We ignore his warnings at our extreme peril.
Brilliant.. absolutely brilliant. Decisive and sensitivity delivered.
Thank you David Attenborough! You are such an intelligent, gifted speaker & educator of the masses!
What a speech!
“The common enemy of humanity is man.
In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up
with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming,
water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these
dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through
changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome.
The real enemy then, is humanity itself.“
- Club of Rome,
Wrong. Club of Rome is bullshit to say somebody decided to "search for a new common enemy, and then decided pollution, global warming were problems". Pollution, manmade global warming WERE PROBLEMS ALREADY.
@@theultimatereductionist7592 You are full of shit. Fuck off
It's the men and woman sitting watching that is the cause....specifically them. They and their families are the polluted war mongers...
when he talks ppl listen, his voice is just soothing to the ears 👂
It must not bother you to be lied to? Perhaps you lack discernment?
@Jacob Zondag
Is it not obvious? His lies that we humans are too many. Really? Well maybe he alone is the "too many" and so he ought to have offed himself?
@Jacob Zondag
What is "dire" is the great deception of anti-family liars making up their pagan BS about the supposed so-called "overpopulation" that they themselves just made up due to their very poor understanding of the world.
They do not sound quite plausible. Only to the lazy and the gullible mind, such as yours?
So he is a humanist? Or you mean like atheist liar? Not only is his fake religion wrong, but the conclusions that it leads to are totally unacceptable. Talk about imposing false religious beliefs onto others? Where is his "tolerance" of the family with 14 children? Isn't tolerance supposed to be like some sort of virtue these wicked days? Or would that just be stupid tolerance of sin and stupidity? Not the better kinds of tolerance? Hey, babies happen. I am a pro-lifer. I don't expect for people to use birth control, well especially if birth control obviously is not for those people, so I can easily understand how 14 children can happen. I will not fault people for their "over-sized" families if they are talking responsibility and taking good care of their naturally-growing families.
Sir David knows that people disagree with his anti-family BS, and yet he pretends like it is established fact, when it is not. Do you need any more illustration of how he is such an outrageous and evil liar?
@@yosefmacgruber1920 agreed the only people who r ruining this earth is the greedy leaders
@@christinehorniman9229
As a pro-lifer, I am quite okay with having a populous world, because only God can determine such things. In fact, I advocate for increased human population, because I see not much of anything in the pro-life message, as to how to keep the human population "in check". Babies should not be murdered from abortions. So those babies will grow up to have still more babies, right? Hopefully that is a good thing?
That moment when a natural scientist delivers a rhetorical masterpiece of the highest order. What a speech!
@signofastorm ...and the basis and only reason I voted for brexit.
Nonsense.......As much as he points out the ignorance of this "multiplier" of planetary problems......he fails to properly examine the natural limiter he is only honest enough to touch upon. Populations will and do and are ageing.....and though the calculus of a young escalator to look after an old escalator is as interminable as infinite growth in general.........populations, nations, economies and societies will collapse due to ageing, if we limit birthing by, fundamentally selfish means. Helping women give less birth, won't prevent the necessity of these women, in these societies which induced that tendency in the first place. Kerala is one area......it won't work in general, as new poor areas will be created by the existing pressure we experience already , which will be exacerbated as monied economies age.
you are joking right?
"Sir" David is not really a naturalist, but a leftist evil political hack. Don't believe his lies against humanity.
The man is very deluted and part of the depopulation fanatics. On four to five continents people get too less babies to reproduce. Namely Europe, North America, South America and Asia and Oceania on the verge of it. The idea of overpopulation is an example of Zeitgeist. Atheist are especially influenced by it, they have the fewest number of kids. Major depopulation will change the world for the worse.
and younger people make fun of elders... this gentleman is EXTREMELY intelligent, insightful and knowledgeable... I'd be happy to let him run my country anytime.
I love to see anyone with the lights firmly switched on upstairs, I didn't think I could possibly respect this man any more and then he goes and says all that! Love it, why can't more people state the obvious and simple truths
My late partner & I chose not to have children because of over population but people look at us as if we are weird but think about it - my next door neighbour started out just the two of them their children are having children so before 2018 there will be at least another 10 children & then plus - our planet cannot survive with all these children !!
Nonsense. The population is increasing, and already we are adapting. The planet loves our increasing population, it adds beauty to the world. We can and must adapt, and go right on increasing.
@@yosefmacgruber1920 So far, we _seem_ to be adapting. But for how much longer? Such a self-centred species that adapts to the needs of its exploding population by depriving other species of their environments and driving them to extinction...
@@rclrd1
Don't you get it? Huge numbers of people have objections to all methods of birth control. As a pro-lifer, I have many objections to birth control. I believe we should welcome however many children that God gives us, or even all the babies that our bodies want to produce. Like I said, I believe that we should not use precautions against pregnancy, let more human lives come to be. Why should anybody struggle against nature to use awkward birth control, especially if they love children or are at least somewhat okay with the prospect of having a naturally-big family? And isn't it potentially actually nature that is "exploding" our population? Should we whine against what so much benefits us humans?
Many countries are so much larger in population than they were just decades ago. But it is supposed to be that way. More and more people would be glad to live. Which people are there, that their lives are not important and that they should not matter? There are places all around to put more people. Why do you think so lowly of people? Because of bad fake-science trendy theories? All creatures are not equal. Genesis 1 : 26 clearly says that God gave man dominion over nature and over the other creatures. But why? Because man is so smart? Ha! I think it could have something to do with the sheer numbers that God planned to grow us into. We dominate because we have to. There is just so many of us humans now.
And what of the OP commenting about how the next-door neighbor's family is just so "exploding" in size? Shouldn't that be a good thing? They are respecting nature by allowing for their natural growth. It is also suggestive that more of us should be similarly growing, well since the world population is growing anyway. Why not also be blessed with precious children? If I have to live in a world with just so many people, then some of those many children in the world ought to be mine. The planet actually *CAN* deal with all of those children. Otherwise, how they did so easily multiply that much? And it sounds like maybe they have objections to birth control, and as a pro-lifer, I very much respect that. I believe it quite okay in this populous time, to continue on enjoying multiplying naturally without any birth control. Actually, growing up in big families better socializes children to survive and thrive in an increasingly populous world.
So what have you even predicted other than agreeing with the Bible, that this earthly realm is not our forever place?
He touches on all the basic stuff that people have forgotten. The concept of global warming starts with population growth, it doesn't start with how to predict the temperature rise over 10 years without making an error.
You have been conned.
@@freddiemercury9647 Given the difficulty of measuring average global temperature, it is better to err on the side of right, than the side of wrong... Climate change deniers cant afford to be wrong on anything, but climate change supporters can rest easy in the knowledge that the measures taken against global warming have other benefits.... The emissions reductions and the alternative energies have a whole range of positive benefits beside the control of climate change. If something is only 90% correct, it is better than being completely wrong.
@@plinkbottle You don't get it. The point of the "global warming" hoax, is to scare us into thinking humans are killing the planet, to thereafter ration CO2 and we all live like slaves.
When you hear people say "humans are a cancer" or "humans are a virus" it is because this evil plan of the Club of Rome is working.
Ask yourself why Attenborough quotes Malthus - who has been wrong for 220 years. Malthus was an 18th century eugenicist who said we should kill poor people and that doctors should not bother treating the sick. Attenborough spews this evil theory as Prince Phillip looks on approvingly.
Prince Phillip wants you dead. Remember that.
@@freddiemercury9647 This stuff has got nothing to do with global warming or the basic scientific principles behind it. This is all socio political paranoia. Yuck
@@plinkbottle Sure sure, there's no depopulation agenda with the Club of Rome . When Prince Phillip says if he could be reincarnated he would come back "as a virus" to wipe us out it's all a great big joke. I suggest you have a closer look at the WWF and who is behind it. Eugenics is very much in the minds of these freaks elitist freaks and you my friend are not on their list of people worth saving. You are correct to say it is nothing to do with global warming - that is the EXCUSE the Club of Rome came up with to justify their vile depopulation agenda are carbon tax they have in store.
Look at the absolute gormless sacks of shit in the audience lapping it up - as if they are somehow intellectual for listening to this filth.
I agree totally - we have to realise that apart from religions that we have to get together & make sure that all our animals are protected for future generations !!!
Can I just remind everyone of the essential point that educating women and girls directly decreases the birth rate? The worst population growth happens where women are oppressed in various ways. Let's stop pointing fingers or advocating eugenics and and just push for equality and education for women and girls.
Kim Mobey educate men not to be oppressors, educate men for parental responsable. It seems now women are the problem in a world ruled, created and oppressed by men. #genderstudies #educationforall
SDA - you are a legend - if only those in power listened and acted on your words.
To hell with voluntary population control. I say ban all human procreation for 20 years, worldwide.
Joking right? No one would agree to that
thank you. very educative.
God's Mercy above all of us.
Such a clever logical speech, it should be translated and taught in every nation around the globe 🌍
How about you just come out and say new world order.
LMFAO Barbara spectre wants you extinct and that's where your heading
Thank you for not adding background music to this talk, like someone else did.
Bravo! Bravo! Perfect speech about the central issue for the survival of the human race. Depressing and scary as shit. Excuse my Spanish. Btw. England is totally over populated.
Give this man the infinity gauntlet
21 months later we're at 7.6 billion humans
Please post this to social media
Very good l agree. Easy to understand I wish I could speak as well as sir David to put this view of overpopulation to people Excellent.
This is no longer a problem in the western world. Almost all European countries are below replacement levels of births. So if we do nothing the population of Europe will halve this century. The problem is the exploding populations in the third world. Africa is set to quadruple in population this century after having already quadrupled in the 20th century. Another problem for civilization is that the most intelligent people in most societies will take this advice on board, but the most backward will keep having children until eventually they are the majority in every country, leading to an ultimate collapse of civilization.
Exactly. In the U.S. the morons took over and voted for Trump. Education is so important!
@@GerryRealtor1 Trumps been the best thing for the USA. Prove me wrong.
100% agree with you
I actually agree with @stev1981, but not for the reasons you probably assume. Short term Trump will be bad, longer term there is a chance that he will be good for the USA in that there is a possibility that he may break the status quo.
I fully agree, the guy is an idiot. but when a system is so non functional the only option is to break it completely and start again. And that is the potential I see, for Trump to so screw it up that it has to rebuilt completely from the ground up the way that the founding fathers of the United State intended it to be.
The longer Sir David Lives, we have a glimmer of hope for the survival of this planet!!
He is awesome
Lets hope it happens/ at least we have voices like him/ hope the message will reach the right people/ if not lets make sure the right people survive.
I've had myself sterilized and I'm really proud of it. Sometimes I see babies and it does make my mother instincts settle in... yet I would really not have wanted to set a child of someone like myself on our future planet.
People seem to become more worthless by the day.. and the system we live in knows that we will have to prove our worth by doing inhuman things... for other humans.
Low class people. You procreate the most... yet it your children who will be doomed the most... by your neglect of the problem you did today.
Sterilize yourself if you don't want children. Even if it doesn't stop overpupolation.. it might save a humans life.. who will not want to live a life for worthless people. ... because of how expendable they will be
how about social acceptance for the child free ? most people breed due to social/familial pressure. thank goodness for Chelsea handler and jen Kirkman and let's not forget the legendary Helen mirren. less stigma and more acceptance for those who are eco friendly and child free please.
Let's not forget PM Theresa May in all this.
+Elizabeth Frantes Well said! Breeding is murder. FUCK political correctness.
I feel sorry for your daughter. Only 15 (now 16) months old and already has to deal with an ignorant pile of garbage for a father. I can only hope that she will be educated and intelligent enough to make the decision that overpopulation is a real issue once she is grown despite growing up in a conservative family. I know that from experience since I just described my situation in a nutshell.
Population growth doesn't happen in secular industrial countries of the west. It is not us who is overbreeding, and nothing you could do would ever influence those who are.
It is not our growth and we have no control over those countries and cultures whose populations are growing. We can't control population growth in Africa without resorting to violence and we can't use violence within our legal standards of international law. Imagine: Egypt is planning to go from 90 millions to 200 millions. They can't even feed the 90 millions living in Egypt today.
Nice but he doesn't account for the massive amount of of space and recourses waisted by America's wasteful and careless capitalism
For example the fact that America has twice as many empty homes as it does homeless people
Incredible wisdom , sir David.
“Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. And what are we doing? Destroying the only planet we will ever have.”
Casper Richter - Learn to spell. You are not one of that intelligent species.
I'm not "destroying the world" Casper - are you?
Casper Richter I don’t think Attenboroughs speech supports your supposition that we are intelligent ...
Not ALL of US does. and many of us is already working on for to revers it with out war and wipe outs....
@@comparedtowhat2719 “Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. And what are we doing? Destroying the only planet we will ever have.”
Without population control, expect more wars, famine, disease, lower standards of living, mass migrations. Each country should maintain a population that can be supported by the resources available in that country.
Right, except the population is growing and poverty, disease, famine, and standards of living have all improved drastically. Global poverty is declining at a shocking rate. Do a little fucking research before giving your brilliant prediction that is demonstrably false.
Wars, diseases, poverty, bad healthcare, bad general public health (like in america), bad general nutrition ARE population control. Pretty sure war is often considered just two things: population control and business for weapon manufacturers.
People everywhere are disgusting fat blobs, its not just America, over 50% of the adults in the UK are overweight for example.
In that case first world must stop taking or expoiling natural resources that dont belong them...
"Each country should maintain a population that can be supported by the resources available in that country." underscore it
Brilliant, well said that man!
Agreed with this entirely. Good to see Prince Phillip there. He's been talking about these issues for many decades. Very good and helpful details provided on this video, too.
another legend of a man who is right in everyword
Trust science, not make believe man made sky gods - Attenborough is a great man. So many great minds from England - Bronowski, Dawkins, Hitchens.
Yeah! I like your style !! ( serious)
@Rad Derry You posted this BS comment many time; you must think it's very clever!
The reason why not all people can be fed, is not due to lack of food, it's due to the uneven distribution of food. I go to local grocery stores and can't help but wonder how much of the huge qualities of food are actually sold and how much is wasted. Things are changing for the better gradually in that stores are giving more to food banks, fresh foods included.
But why is no one listening to him? Today in 2022 a COP 27 gathering in Egypt yet NO ONE has mentioned population!!!
why is the audience the one demographic that has the least amount of children? confusing...
It's on the internet. And of course the audience lives in a country that is still growing with no intention of stopping - not because of the birthrate, but because of immigration.
Actually, they're the muppets who need to have Sir David's words smashed down their throats, because *they* are the civic leaders charged with making regulations which can prevent both the destruction of the planet and the extinction of the human species.
The audience lives in a country with a decreasing population, and rather rapid - but people have decided to combat this reduction through immigration from high-fertility countries.
We need countries to adapt to a decreasing population. We have to stop replacement immigration, so they are forced to.
because ignorant breeders don't attend lectures.
Scotland suffers from a land shortage. Less than 100 own half of the country. Rents and land prices are to driven up. 5% of Nigeria owns all the land. Now is that an over population issue or a land issue. Also realize that land owners don't have to work like the rest of us. They can and do live off the rent of land.
spitting facts about the inevitable issues caused by increasing human populations while also advocating for women's rights worldwide. Based Sir David Attenborough.
Thankyou so much for this channel
Incentives for men to voluntarily have vasectomies and women to voluntarily have tubal ligations would be a step in the right direction. You have kids that you can't afford to take care of on your own and you want the government to help you out. Fine, but guess what? Snip, snip
Try that in Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan... good luck!
Then you would wipe out 80 percent of the Democratic party in the U.S.
Jack Burton - Your comment reveal who and what type vermin you are. More business for ORKIN and TERMINIX. TRUCKFUMP!
Guess what, the opposite is the case. It's a legal obstacle course through humiliation for a woman to try and get herself "cleaned out" for other than live-threatening medical reasons.
Seen a ted talk on that. Fought for it myself for awhile but gave up.
But the elite can easily arrange for people not being able to feed their children. Since they stole the land from us they have always had famine genocide on the back burner.
I just love David Attenborough !!
Why?
More money on education, less on police, cancer research, NHS etc. There, I said it, deal with it.
Richard Middleton
Education or indoctrination!
I have been making these same arguments for years. The argument never gets a rebuttal but neither does it get any attention. Couples who have more than two children should really be ashamed but our culture does not take the matter seriously.
Is it not possible to play this video on national television instead of the totally meaningless party political broadcasts or brexit
Nope. It steps on the toes of "people of color". Over population has now become a result of Political Correctness.
A lot of people voted for Brexit because of over population. As sir David said, the UK is the most densely populated country in Europe. Why do we need more ?
+The Godless Beast
Oh come on, England is not crowded. Rather, the British seem to have a knack of building ugly and monstrous things. Their electrical power plugs are the hugest in the world, and stupid and ugly. Their Heathrow airport looks like a run-on hodgepodge of poor design. Like they never had any master plan, but just build more and more ugliness. So if the place seems crowded, it is probably because they don't know how to design stuff to be beautiful, and just built some massive ugliness.
Anyway, the world population is growing and growing, and everybody has the natural or God-given right to live and to procreate. We have to put all of these people somewhere, and so if England seems crowded, then deal with it. You have no right to complain, unless immigrants are not behaving right and running the country down. And obviously, not all immigrants are doing that. Canada ought to be growing its piddly-small population also. What is wrong with Canadians? They can't get it up? You all are so selfish, that you don't want to bother with being blessed with having babies?
+MrBarrsy68
I am pretty sure that is not why they voted for Brexit. Not due to fake-science "overpopulation" dogma BS. Rather because of taxes and E.U. corruption.
"Sir" David is evil, a liar, and so very wrong. Why do you need more? Because some people would like to have children. Because more and more people would be glad to live. The UK is the most densely populated? So what? That doesn't mean that they do not have room for more people. What about respecting human rights and human dignity?
+Jack Burton
While you are observing what supposedly caused your fake-science imaginary "overpopulation", consider that overpopulation dogma was based hugely upon racism, and eugenics which you would have thought that the Nazis had thoroughly discredited eugenics? But apparently we still have a lot of "under the surface" racism still going one.
Sir David, respect, much respect and heartfelt thanks!
Whenever some one quotes Thomas Mathless, while not even mentioning the violation of Basic Ethics, and wild mismanagement of resources (that Governments are usually the most guilty of, btw), I just can't take them srsly.
The economist and religious leaders keep saying that people will find ways to produce more food, Well who the hell wants to live in a world where there's nothing but field after field of soybeans or something covering the entire planet, all there is, is car lots, people crapping and noise oh, the noise!" no birds singing, no fish in rivers, no deer or elk, no fresh air to breath. A world with 20 billion is going to be very boring, there's going to be nothing to do but sit around and eat beans and rice and day dream about how good people had it when the population was 5 billion. I'd rather be dead. Well people will move out to space or live on Mars, they say, LOL, fallacy and waste of money, if any one thinks living on a space ship or on Mars is going to be nice as the Earth was, I got a bag of shit I'd like to sell ya. I will say right here and now people will NEVER find a place as nice, beautiful, complex, INTERESTING and Accommodating as Mother Earth. Making a lot of babies causes over population, causes boredom, misery and gnashing of teeth. The only way to a peace full secure quality of life future for people and every other living being on the planet is to just make one kid or better yet, don't make any.
The main ecological problem is not over population but a) over production and over consumption caused by capitalism's need for infinite economic growth and b) production being geared towards short term profit and as a result ignoring long term ecological consequences
One of my intellectual heroes regarding reality (the natural world).
@@ady9830 agree. The idea that the PEOPLE and not the way we are living is the problem is just sick. If society were organized sensibly we could have plenty of resources for everyone to live comfortably AND biodiversity. There's no contradiction. The reason we have a problem is that the core value of our society is maximal conspicuous consumption. Our problem has nothing to do with there being too many people and it's inhuman, sick, deranged, psycho to suggest otherwise.
@@Ballosopheraptor Funny when you say all that "inhuman, sick, deranged, psycho... blah blah blah" when one of the most prolific, accomplished, and experienced biologists states that the footprint we humans leave on earth is far too negatively impactful than all the other species combined. All that nonsense you said has zero evidence behind it, while most biologists and scientists in the field are stating what Sir David Attenborough stresses in his speech. Population control is an essential part of the ecosystem and nature makes sure it remains that way. Humans have learned to manipulate it and now we are beginning to witness the negative effects of it. The only solution to preventing this problem from getting out of control is acknowledging that we must reproduce responsibly, it's the only way to save the planet and everything on it, including humans. If you think otherwise, then why don't you practice what you preach and go live in a heavily populated country like India, Pakistan, or China and enjoy all the benefits of overpopulation.
He is your intellectual hero because you have no intellectual capacity
these british elite are hypocrites, they kill people in north america and over populate america, the natives had very little population only 50-60 million in entire north america, now there are 400 million people and growing. Once u start on path or wrong, now u will not be able to stop it, When i have fire in ur house and its larger than the water u have its loosing battle.
d@@rutht9667 Don't be silly. David Attenborough isn't one of the "British elites" who colonised America. That was more than 200 years ago!
And, incidentally, you spelled "losing" wrong.
he is the man
Why are our finest only listened to and not acted on immediately? Sir David's common sense reality calms me. His ideas are cost effective, they don't hurt anyone, they unite, they are selfless. We are not as free as we think. We need each other almost every millisecond of everyday. We need to educate and spread that empathy. Greed is killing us and we are enjoying it. Respect for the land for me is blunt obvious.
David vs. Goliath
Let's talk about overpopulation after your polo grounds have been planted with useful crops, your lordship.
Finally he has a go at the religious end of the spectrum! Good effort.
An inspiring speech that, unfortunately, will fall on many deaf ears. I have a recollection of the Duke of Edinburgh, many years ago, making some derisory comment about people having large families, yet he fathered (at least) 4 kids. If anyone needed to be told about population control, it was him. But the UK always had one law for the rich and another for the less rich.
It is the biggest problem we are faced with!
@Rad Derry Yes and the greedy minority will continue to be greedy and the majority will continue to suffer from it. As long as the world is filled with a minority that exploits the whole world and consumes way more then the majority, the world is overpopulated. Adding a couple of billions of people on top of the minority is not a good idea.This is extremely unfair but unfortunately that's the nature of the game of life. And it's not about killing anyone, it's about having less children.
@Rad Derry pathetic. the guys saying have less kids not start killing people. although i can think of more people id want dead than want alive.
if we had 80% less people like we did a mere 100 years ago, that'd be 80% less car emissions ( im aware not everyone has cars but for this purpose they do), 80% less plane flights, 80% less resources needed, 80% less food needed meaning 80% less methane from cows which people say is a huge contributor to the planets issues, 80% less housing and buildings needed meaning 80% more space for trees and wildlife which suck in CO2 and give out oxygen so therefore 80% less CO2... and thats coupled with the already 80% lower CO2 initially from the 80% less cars and burning of fuels that creates it.
80% more space available meaning 80% more space to rear our livestock coupled with 80% less mouths to feed meaning we can feed the entire population hassle free on ORGANIC GRASS FED meat meaning far far far far fewer diseases that are caused by eating the hormone filled, antibiotic filled, inflammatory grain fed shit we eat nowadays.
all animals raised happily and humanely and freely, all killed ethically as we don't need to kill so many (80% less). ample food and resources and space for everyone. 80% less pollution in the air meaning fresher cleaner air for everyone lowering diseases.
but fuck the planet, im wanna be selfish for a second. i want clean air for me to breathe, organic grass fed food, organically grown vegetables and fruit. i wanna see trees and wildlife and grass and rivers and waterfalls and animals... not these scummy filthy cities filled with smoke, concrete, stupid buildings, a billion cars and enough cunts to keep jeremy kyle in business for the next 10,000 years.
i wanna be able to travel places and see wild lions, tigers, giraffes, hippos, rhinos etc in huge numbers all thriving, not a few left because we've driven them out of their habitats with our pathetic guns because we're not capable of doing it any other way because we're a weak and feeble species.
i wanna visit the amazon and see a huge rainforest bustling with exotic wildlife, not half of it cut down so you can have a nice sheet of A4 fucking paper and a wooden chair to sit your pathetic arse on outside your shit house.
not to mention we have stopped evolving and getting stronger as a species because selective breeding has stopped. species constantly improve through selective breeding where only the strong survive and procreate where the weak don't. now every spastic and mong can breed as many kids as they like, often times the mongs having more and more kids compared to the decent people, leading to a devolution of the species. every disease ridden cretin can have kids nowadays in multiple numbers
So the number of people is a problem, I agree. I haven’t made it all the way through the video yet, so apologies if this is addressed in the part I haven’t seen, but overpopulation is essentially a symptom of poor economic development. Every country that has elevated to what we would call “developed” status have seen their birth rates drop to replacement or frequently lower than replacement rates. As undeveloped countries become developed and their people’s incomes rise, their birth rates too will fall. We should not focus on population growth rates but treat the underlying issues. Education (especially of women), stability, rule of law and enforcement of property rights (for all, not just the elite or corporations) are all factors that contribute to a nation’s development should be an important focus in reducing humanity’s environmental impact. Not to discount efforts in reducing waste and excess in the developed world.
How about education of men. If a woman get pregnant she is basically out of commission as a baby factory for nine months. But a man just keeps on spreading his seed. For the sake of everyone, get a vasectomy. Convert yourself from a working model to a sport model.
We abhor all "difficult" questions and we don't want to deal with them until the results of ignoring them are catastrophic. And especially we are leery of anything that we think may impact our sex lives....
“ When the power of Love over comes the Love of power the world will know Peace.
As long as there is a monetary system in place, then politicians and corporations of all kinds will always encourage population increases. If you stop procreating, then the politicians open up the flood gates of a people that will.
Oh, but it isn't just about the money. Think about it. People who keep procreating, are busy raising their families, and working jobs to support their families, leaving them little time or energy to protest and upset the government. Also, procreative sex feels very good, and I think even many politicians enjoy it. I mean many people do want the good for people, and do not just want to crush people underneath the yoke of economic slavery. Even in the days of slavery, probably most slaves were allowed to enjoy sex with their spouses and to produce babies.
Also, many of the trendy economic theories, seem to require continual population increase. Well it is convenient then that our genes also demand, with probably even better reasons, continual population increase.
Protest? You mean that multi BILLION dollar industry in the U.S.? Yes it actually makes government bigger. It started in the church and now Disney is in the business of the non profit industrial complex. I hope that one day our common sense will make a better decision then bringing more carbon foot prints onto the planet. Prospects are not looking good.
To what protest are you referring? I see no previous mention of protests?
It is wrong to relegate precious human beings, or babies, to being mere "carbon footprints". That is not a proper way to look at the immense value and sacredness of every person. There are many compelling reasons to have more children, such that I have long encouraged people to have larger families.
And it is not just that "they" want for us to procreate and population increase, but there is also the possibly-friendly natural population competition. If we do not grow our group, other groups will grow, and we lose influence. So although some might suspect ulterior motives in the system or in society encouraging further population growth, there are a lot of reasons why we should multiply, that benefit the common people as well.
We don't have time to discuss what's proper. BTW Your comments are monetized as well. We need more population to get youtube more money.
Are you suggesting that it is all about making money, and that is all that is being considered? That would seem rather shortsighted. And I kind of wish it was that simple. However, there are radical crazies, some elitists with way too much power, who scheme to impose their bizarre pagan religious delusions upon us. And they are religiously contrary to the natural increase of humans, due to their own wickedness, and trendy theories that simply are not true and have a bad history to them.
I suspect that your comment was sarcastic. However, there are many religious and philosophical reasons for population increase. Cultural and practical reasons also. So it is not just about the money. If stores put diaper changing counters in both the men's and women's restrooms, because they think that by encouraging more procreation, it will bring them future customers, I am okay with that. For them, it may be somewhat about the future money, but it also benefits the customers and the potential parents. It is win-win, and pro-life.
Get it done people!
Get in to the dome, people!
Eloquent speaker.
People should be required to pass a test and have a license to give birth. Far too many people are having babies left and right who are in no position mentally and financially.
You're talking about social eugenics, how about we try less extreme measures such as programs providing contraception or better education or fixing gender-inequality first.
Bravo Sir David! I've long wondered about this very thing. I've heard many people discuss ways to protect the environment, increase food production, etc... all the while ignoring the fact that no matter what we do, unless the population expansion is controlled, we are headed toward disaster. We must start talking about this!
Likewise Marilyn. It is the biggest threat to the planet and indeed us. I have been saying this for a long time. I fear it will take something of biblical proportions touching virtually every person on the planet to change attitudes though.
Overpopulation is a myth.
overpopulationisamyth.com/episode-1-overpopulation-the-making-of-a-myth/
@@mbabcock111 Perhaps you'd like to explain away just why 60% of all other vertebrates have been wiped out by us since 1970. That's on a population of 7.8 billion. By 2100 it will be 11.5 billion. In 1970 it was 2.9 billion. As you say...a myth!!!!
@Rad Derry If you don't listen to Attenborough and his humane ways to depopulate the horror story you talk about will happen, probably in the next 80 years. It isn't bullshit. True over consumption is a major problem but if you bothered to actually listen to the video it's just one side of the coin.
I remember talking about this almost 30 years ago, arguing until I was blue in the face. People just shrugged and thought me crazy. The only with an actual point said we needed a bigger gene-pool to fully develop our potential… I wonder how many great talents are wasted through bad schooling and a violent, loveless environment of too many mouths for too little food.
We do need a way, WAY bigger market to make it economically viable to reach for the stars. We are an infinitesimal dot in the cosmos, and yet we are undeniably special and worth protecting. Expanding our population is the only way we stand a chance at evading annihilation. For goodness' sake, we can be killed tomorrow by a flare from our own sun. Also, listen to Gandhi: 'The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.' Very true. The richest countries use much more resources per capita than necessary. We can welcome ten times more compatriots into the world, as long as we use our resources better.
Brilliant!
The only logical solution to the overpopulation problem would be the Chinese system of the family planning of the past decade's (one child per family) and that strictely implemented worldwide
I fully agree with everything Sir David says. I'm glad I'm 76 and not 26. I won't live to experience the the collapse of our industrial civilization.
And that thought of "Someone else's problem" is exactly why we're doomed. Ironic isn't it.
@@R0I3I3IE
Just being pragmatic. I feel the same, but it doesn't necessarily mean we didn't try to mitigate the issue.
It certainly impacted my life in that broke my mom's heart and destoryed my HS sweetheart by me getting a vac at a young age due to concern about overpopulation.
If the world was under populated I would of had many off spring.
When I see a big family I can't help but feel a pang, perhaps alleviated somewhat in my life with two different women with sets of kids not my blood but I enjoyed over 27 years of family bliss. Both sets of kids finished college and moved on before we went our separate ways as close friends too.
So yeah, some of us earned the right to say, yeah, I did everything I could, others selfishly or ignorantly did not help or contributed to the issue and have doomed and damned their own offspring, so whether I care or not, it is their kids and while I feel for them, _their_ problem now.
@@jeffcrawford2748, in any case, human-beings are the virus of this planet. When people say "Yeah but Mr Musk is doing this world wonders and supporting the well-being of humanity". That's only because WE fucked it up in the first place! Anything we do is for our own gain and if it's a positive "thing", it's because the negative was placed there by us. Get rid of all humans are the world would flourish! This planet needs a reboot.
I'm 20 and I know I'm screwed. It really sucks because I always envisioned myself having children in the future, but that would be the most selfish thing I could ever do.
And thus was born the meme of Eternal Boomer.
Saddest part about the video is that it only has 12k views
Saddest part about the video is that idiots believe it
@@freddiemercury9647 Hve you possibly considered that Attenborough might be worth listening to? He talks the truth I'm afraid. If it's difficult for you that's just tough.
@@richardsmith2825 Malthus was evil. He said poor people should be left to die. HE actually advocating killing them as well. So when someone says we should listen to Malthus I am extremely suspicious. Prince Phillip is also a eugenicist and wants you dead, that's a fact. Added to which Malthus has been WRONG for 220 years.
Attenborough is rehashing 220 old nonsense so I can tell you 100% he is NOT telling the truth.
David Attenborough may BELIEVE what he is saying (I doubt it) but he is wrong.
And that's the facts of the matter.
He knows everything there is to know about wildlife. But when it comes to the need to depopulate he is as ignorant as sin.
You listen to him if you want.
How do you explain population control , to people , who still haven't understood the concept of time !?
We have him and also Donald Trump. We the people need to rule the world. Not corporations.