Okay, this video is ridiculously close to reality. It is very weird to see it visually being demonstrated but I can see many similarities. We do aspire to very little nowadays. I see the differences when I am writing papers for other classes and I have to research previous periods and their life aspirations seemed to always be much higher than what we yearn for. It is scary to think of what will happen in the future because if our standards of living have gone down this much in 50 years then I can only imagine what another 50 years would mean for our society.
"Child survival is the new green"! Absolutely right when he says that child survival is gonna stop population growth and the world will become more adjusted! Very interesting presentation.
I am not familiar with Hans Rosling, but I enjoyed the way the he presented his information. Population is a touchy topic, because it really requires you to think outside of yourself, which is not something that many Americans are comfortable doing. I truly believe that overpopulation is the primary issue from which all other issues stem. Take for the water crisis for instance, we have to adapt resources to compensate for our shortages because of the population. We eat more, drive more, crap more and take up more and more land, but honestly, who is asking questions about how all of this is going to level itself out? And what are we supposed to do about overpopulation? Should we setup something like China and tell people that they are only allowed to have a certain amount of children? Somehow, I don’t think that would fly with privileged people like us, and people in impoverished areas aren’t going to be concerned about it. It is so crazy, because the majority of my friend’s are not having children. I am also someone who has ever had the desire to procreate or own a child for that matter, but what about the rest of the people in the world who do possess that desire? Will people just wake up one day without the biological urge to want to produce other people? I highly doubt it, and quite frankly, I don’t even like to think about it. Perhaps I’m a pessimist, but I don’t think we have the capabilities to think on the scope that we need to in order to resolve a lot of the situations that humanity will have to face some day. It seems like prevention is the key, but how do you prevent issues that a lot of people aren’t even aware of or concerned about? I feel the overwhelming sense that I should be selfish and hopeless, but then I remind myself that this is not what life is about. It’s a day by day progression where I hope that science is wrong, and people will get it right.
It is very interesting that he says "child survival is the new green" He is right though. People need to start being more cognizant of their environmental surroundings. I also agree with Tara that we just do not hold the capacity to resolve humanities issues. We are not 'superman" or "super woman"
This is a serious issue. Do not have a clue how it can be solved. Should there be some policies regarding the birth control? I am not sure. We've seen that one child policy in China reduced the population even though it has created so much pain and imbalance. At some point there were 138 boys to 100 girls born because of cultural issue conflicting with one child policy. After finding out (ultrasound)that is a girl and they could have only one child, parents would give themselves another chance by choosing the abortion. How long they would go like that until they get a baby boy? I think that there should be a better solution for this. Personally, I care more about my siblings that I would ever for "flying." I think that it is good to have a caring brother or a sister in this world instead of some non important materialistic stuff. However, there should be a well balanced measurement between the desire and the real capacity. The high birth rate leads to a high mortality rate and it seems like a "Merry goes around" so I thing that "child survival is the new green."
I am an Accounting major. This is my last semester as I am going to graduate on December 17, 2012. It was very weird when I registered for this class as an Accounting major. Environmental Science instead of Calculus, Math, Statistics, Economics, etc... Now, after taking this class I have to say that I am very glad I did it. I absolutely enjoyed the class. I enjoyed the classroom presentations, your postings, comments, videos, everything. If I ever decide to study something in the future it would be Environmental Science because "IT ROCKS." It is huge like a planet Earth and encompasses all sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Genetics, Economics, History, Geography, Mathematics, Statistics, Agriculture... name it. Thank you and my best to all!
Wow! That is a huge gap between the West and the developing world! While one society aspires to build a plane, another one dreams to have a bicycle!
ReplyDeleteOkay, this video is ridiculously close to reality. It is very weird to see it visually being demonstrated but I can see many similarities. We do aspire to very little nowadays. I see the differences when I am writing papers for other classes and I have to research previous periods and their life aspirations seemed to always be much higher than what we yearn for. It is scary to think of what will happen in the future because if our standards of living have gone down this much in 50 years then I can only imagine what another 50 years would mean for our society.
ReplyDelete"Child survival is the new green"! Absolutely right when he says that child survival is gonna stop population growth and the world will become more adjusted! Very interesting presentation.
ReplyDeleteI am not familiar with Hans Rosling, but I enjoyed the way the he presented his information. Population is a touchy topic, because it really requires you to think outside of yourself, which is not something that many Americans are comfortable doing. I truly believe that overpopulation is the primary issue from which all other issues stem. Take for the water crisis for instance, we have to adapt resources to compensate for our shortages because of the population. We eat more, drive more, crap more and take up more and more land, but honestly, who is asking questions about how all of this is going to level itself out?
ReplyDeleteAnd what are we supposed to do about overpopulation? Should we setup something like China and tell people that they are only allowed to have a certain amount of children? Somehow, I don’t think that would fly with privileged people like us, and people in impoverished areas aren’t going to be concerned about it. It is so crazy, because the majority of my friend’s are not having children. I am also someone who has ever had the desire to procreate or own a child for that matter, but what about the rest of the people in the world who do possess that desire? Will people just wake up one day without the biological urge to want to produce other people? I highly doubt it, and quite frankly, I don’t even like to think about it.
Perhaps I’m a pessimist, but I don’t think we have the capabilities to think on the scope that we need to in order to resolve a lot of the situations that humanity will have to face some day. It seems like prevention is the key, but how do you prevent issues that a lot of people aren’t even aware of or concerned about? I feel the overwhelming sense that I should be selfish and hopeless, but then I remind myself that this is not what life is about. It’s a day by day progression where I hope that science is wrong, and people will get it right.
It is very interesting that he says "child survival is the new green" He is right though. People need to start being more cognizant of their environmental surroundings. I also agree with Tara that we just do not hold the capacity to resolve humanities issues. We are not 'superman" or "super woman"
ReplyDeleteThis is a serious issue. Do not have a clue how it can be solved. Should there be some policies regarding the birth control? I am not sure. We've seen that one child policy in China reduced the population even though it has created so much pain and imbalance. At some point there were 138 boys to 100 girls born because of cultural issue conflicting with one child policy. After finding out (ultrasound)that is a girl and they could have only one child, parents would give themselves another chance by choosing the abortion. How long they would go like that until they get a baby boy? I think that there should be a better solution for this. Personally, I care more about my siblings that I would ever for "flying." I think that it is good to have a caring brother or a sister in this world instead of some non important materialistic stuff. However, there should be a well balanced measurement between the desire and the real capacity. The high birth rate leads to a high mortality rate and it seems like a "Merry goes around" so I thing that "child survival is the new green."
ReplyDeleteI am an Accounting major. This is my last semester as I am going to graduate on December 17, 2012. It was very weird when I registered for this class as an Accounting major. Environmental Science instead of Calculus, Math, Statistics, Economics, etc... Now, after taking this class I have to say that I am very glad I did it. I absolutely enjoyed the class. I enjoyed the classroom presentations, your postings, comments, videos, everything. If I ever decide to study something in the future it would be Environmental Science because "IT ROCKS." It is huge like a planet Earth and encompasses all sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Genetics, Economics, History, Geography, Mathematics, Statistics, Agriculture... name it. Thank you and my best to all!
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