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Trauma
Melbourne, Victoria
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This was a great Ted Talk (are there any bad ones?). I personally came to a similar conclusion but in a different way (I got his little quiz right) and this has swayed me on the topic and was very well presented. Do watch.
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Nerfy
Brisbane, Queensland
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Unsure about the title of the talk, basically the conclusion was that religion has no influence :P. Interesting idea that condoms + women working has stabilised world birth rates though, I was sure that we were on an exponential treadmill.
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hardware
Brisbane, Queensland
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What an awesome talk. And it confirmed what I had suspected for a while is that population growth is slowing and starting to plateau.

So when all you bigots claim that you're not having kids because there's too many people in the world already, you're not understanding the full facts.
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Coochie
Brisbane, Queensland
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So when all you bigots claim that you're not having kids because there's too many people in the world already, you're not understanding the full facts.
I think there's a slight floor in the logic you used to deduce that these people are bigots.

Person A: 7 billion people is too many in the world. I won't have babies and make it 7 billion + 2
Hans Rosling: Population will expand to 10 billion then remain constant
Hardware: BIGOTS!

P.S I'm just trying to convey my view as simply as possible...probably could have padded it out to make a more courteous argument but I need to get to work. Perhaps I should add a few of these: :) :) :)

Also I'm not one of these bigots not having babies because of population....getting laid seems to be a bigger hurdle at the moment.
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Nerfy
Brisbane, Queensland
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Where did you get 'bigot' from in that context hardware?

And population is only stabilising because of the people not having kids, remember that the average is two.
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hardware
Brisbane, Queensland
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floor
flaw
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Jc_23
Brisbane, Queensland
768 posts
Phwoar!? As soon as I find a hawt (IMO) woman that fulfills the characteristics, criteria and attributes that I am aiming and waiting for (over inflated ego and sense of self-worth, persecution complex, health and fitness freak, always has to be righ... hey wait a minute..) then it's game awn yo, kids and family dominate. :)
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sLaps_Forehead
Brisbane, Queensland
5929 posts
I can't afford kids.

House or kids?

House wins.
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Coochie
Brisbane, Queensland
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I can't afford kids.

House or kids?

House wins.

Bigot!

Communist!
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Trauma
Melbourne, Victoria
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I can't afford kids.

House or kids?

House wins.

I guess that's part of why the number of babies dropped with higher income, you may have more cash but the cost of living sky rockets with it. Along with the opportunities of more developed and wealthier cultures getting in the way.
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gamer
2530 posts
I can't afford kids.


Sounds very much like the words of someone who has never had one - so you wouldn't know.

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Captain Lateral
Brisbane, Queensland
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I can't afford kids.

House or kids?

House wins.


do you stop working once you have kids and become a stay at home mummy or something?

kids put a 6-9month pause on our house acquiring tactics, but we're still full steam ahead.
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Insom
Canada
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he didn't address the pricklier question - how many of those 10 billion will be christians, mulims, and so on :D
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eski
Perth, Western Australia
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probably because it had nothing to do with the point he was making
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greazy
Brisbane, Queensland
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What an awesome talk. And it confirmed what I had suspected for a while is that population growth is slowing and starting to plateau.

So when all you bigots claim that you're not having kids because there's too many people in the world already, you're not understanding the full facts.

Trolling legendary style.

1. They are only bigots if they claim you are wrong in breeding (i.e personal choice).
2. Irrespective of the number you can still believe there are too many people in the world.
3. This talk was about the numbers of peoples not about how many people the earth can sustain.
4. No you're a bigot.
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Eorl
Brisbane, Queensland
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I don't plan on starting a family until I'm financially secure and own a house that is under my name, so that is probably why as Trauma said, the number of babies per woman has dropped. Very interesting talk, though I still prefer the young kid who built his own reactor.
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Raven
Melbourne, Victoria
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I've been trying to find a particular, older Hans Rosling video for a while, but can't seem to find it. In it, he visualises population growth by using small balls, and a bucket.
His way of showing how our attempts to limit population growth in first-world countries if futile when you accept the population control of third-world countries - he removes one bucket from the overall population bucket, and pours a massive bucket in to the population bucket. And does this a few times repeated and you then see as the world population spills over on to the floor...

Anyone recall this one?
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hardware
Brisbane, Queensland
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Trolling legendary style.
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Trauma
Melbourne, Victoria
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I've been trying to find a particular, older Hans Rosling video for a while, but can't seem to find it. In it, he visualises population growth by using small balls, and a bucket.
His way of showing how our attempts to limit population growth in first-world countries if futile when you accept the population control of third-world countries - he removes one bucket from the overall population bucket, and pours a massive bucket in to the population bucket. And does this a few times repeated and you then see as the world population spills over on to the floor...

Anyone recall this one?

Nearest I found was this.
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ravn0s
Brisbane, Queensland
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Sounds very much like the words of someone who has never had one - so you wouldn't know.


yep everyone should have kids. if they then realize they can't afford them, they can just dump them at an orphanage.
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Trauma
Melbourne, Victoria
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Noticed a juxtaposition win while watching some Hans vids on the tubes just now.

Juxtahans

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HERMITech
Brisbane, Queensland
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Who needs an excuse to explain why they don't want kids. I simply don't want any. Just wish I could find a woman who thinks the same way.
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Raven
Melbourne, Victoria
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Nearest I found was this.

Nah, it's not that one. I don't think it was even a TED talk, it might have been before he started doing regular TED presentations.
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Insom
Canada
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he didn't address the pricklier question - how many of those 10 billion will be christians, mulims, and so on :D

probably because it had nothing to do with the point he was making

just interested in what his data would say about it tbh

more important is where are these extra 3 billion people going to live - cause we're full lulz
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Trauma
Melbourne, Victoria
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just interested in what his data would say about it tbh

His stats are freely available here.

more important is where are these extra 3 billion people going to live - cause we're full lulz

Here is most likely where.
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thermite
Brisbane, Queensland
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http://www.news.com.au/technology/vertical-living-is-the-answer-to-the-worlds-population-growth/story-e6frfrnr-1226371482513

Here's a quote:

OMFG population will rise to 10 billion, take drastic action immediately - move to the city now, stop having babies at once - TED founder says so!!
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no you hang up
Brisbane, Queensland
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Hans Gruber : theft and moving up to kidnapping
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Trauma
Melbourne, Victoria
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http://www.news.com.au/technology/vertical-living-is-the-answer-to-the-worlds-population-growth/story-e6frfrnr-1226371482513

Here's a quote: "OMFG population will rise to 10 billion, take drastic action immediately - move to the city now, stop having babies at once - TED founder says so!!"

I don't see that quote in the article.
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Raven
Melbourne, Victoria
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He said it's a quote, not that it's a quote from that article. He's learning quickly from news.com.au journalism. It's still accurate to say that what he said is a quote ;)
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Trauma
Melbourne, Victoria
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Oh, I didn't get that impression from the article.
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