What If Half the Earth’s Population Was Wiped Out? - Guest: Paul Ehrlich

What has most recently became known in some circles as "Thanos Theory", many people have wondered, especially in times of serious concerns about climate change and the scarcity of resources just how long this planet can support us...especially as the world's population is about to eclipse 8 billion people!!! Is this too many? What about estimates of 10 billion by the year 2050?!?! Is wiping out half the population at the snap of a finger the only way to save everyone else? Some people believe Thanos might have been onto something. There's got to be another way, no? We are joined by the man who literally started the conversation on overpopulation with his seminal book "The Population Bomb" in 1968!!! Dr. Paul Ehrlich helps us break down "how many is too many" and whether the problem might not be "how many" at all, but instead "how we live".

Show notes: https://whatifshow.com/podcast

Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.
 
Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.
 
Join us online:
Website https://whatifshow.com/podcast
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show

If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc

Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson
Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen
Executive producer: Steve Hulford
Supervising producer: Richard Garner
Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik
Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur
Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh 
Social media: Saida Mirzalimova
Research: Jay Moon
Trailer: Evan Yue
Artwork: Alex Griffith
Production: Underknown

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.