Overpopulation
noun
The condition of having too many people living in a limited space or area.
Overpopulation in big cities often leads to housing problems.
Often appears as...
- the problem of overpopulation
- combat overpopulation
noun
The condition of having too many people living in a limited space or area.
Overpopulation in big cities often leads to housing problems.
Often appears as...
- the problem of overpopulation
- combat overpopulation
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Pro Tip 1/3Urban Context
Typically used when discussing problems in cities where high population density creates stress on resources and infrastructure.
Overpopulation is causing severe traffic congestion in the urban area.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Impact
Often related to discussions on how a large number of people affects the environment negatively, like pollution and deforestation.
The river's health is declining due to overpopulation upstream.
Pro Tip 3/3Resource Scarcity
Used to express a shortage of necessities like water, food, and land because there are too many people.
Water rationing has become necessary due to overpopulation.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Context
Typically used when discussing problems in cities where high population density creates stress on resources and infrastructure.
Overpopulation is causing severe traffic congestion in the urban area.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Impact
Often related to discussions on how a large number of people affects the environment negatively, like pollution and deforestation.
The river's health is declining due to overpopulation upstream.
Pro Tip 3/3Resource Scarcity
Used to express a shortage of necessities like water, food, and land because there are too many people.
Water rationing has become necessary due to overpopulation.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Context
Typically used when discussing problems in cities where high population density creates stress on resources and infrastructure.
Overpopulation is causing severe traffic congestion in the urban area.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Impact
Often related to discussions on how a large number of people affects the environment negatively, like pollution and deforestation.
The river's health is declining due to overpopulation upstream.
Pro Tip 3/3Resource Scarcity
Used to express a shortage of necessities like water, food, and land because there are too many people.
Water rationing has become necessary due to overpopulation.
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
who would have been young enough and healthy enough to benefit from those therapies, but will not be, because we haven't developed them as quickly as we could -- we'll be denying those people an indefinite life span, and I consider that that is immoral. That's my answer to the overpopulation question. Right. So the next thing is,
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Economic growth has...
Now, I know some of you in this room find this to be a risky proposition. There are some people here who will turn around and be quite disillusioned by what's happened around the world and basically ascribe that to economic growth. You worry about the overpopulation of the planet.
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Can we build AI without...
when they want to be reassuring. And the most common reason we're told not to worry is time. This is all a long way off, don't you know. This is probably 50 or 100 years away. One researcher has said, "Worrying about AI safety is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."
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The infamous overpopulati...
for the question they were debating, anyway. As for the question itself, today, their focus on overpopulation represent a snapshot of history. Our understanding of what causes starvation and famine has we have the resources to support a growing human population,
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Yossi Vardi: Help fight...
-- for this gesture for humanity. And this is how they are promoting the product. This is -- I didn't touch it, this is original. Laptop use to solve overpopulation. And if everything failed, there are some secondary uses.
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Explorers Festival,...
relationship to humankind these milestones serve as reminders of the world-changing impact of all that we do with all of you today our planet faces increasingly urgent challenges from overpopulation to climate change and
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Why we shouldn’t fear...
annihilating human life as we know it is more likely than AI turning evil is and ruin put it working to prevent the AI from turning evil is like disrupting the space program to prevent overpopulation
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I don't want children --...
like the risk of passing on hereditary illness, the danger of having to stop life-saving medication for the duration of your pregnancy, concern about overpopulation, your access to resources,
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Causes and Effects of...
human activities from pollution to overpopulation are driving up the earth's temperature and fundamentally changing the world around us the main cause is a phenomenon known as the
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How did Polynesian...
Some historians believe the voyagers moved from place to place to avoid overpopulation. Others, that they were driven by war. Voyages became less frequent by around 1300 A.D.
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
who would have been young enough and healthy enough to benefit from those therapies, but will not be, because we haven't developed them as quickly as we could -- we'll be denying those people an indefinite life span, and I consider that that is immoral. That's my answer to the overpopulation question. Right. So the next thing is,
Video examples
Economic growth has...
Now, I know some of you in this room find this to be a risky proposition. There are some people here who will turn around and be quite disillusioned by what's happened around the world and basically ascribe that to economic growth. You worry about the overpopulation of the planet.
Video examples
Can we build AI without...
when they want to be reassuring. And the most common reason we're told not to worry is time. This is all a long way off, don't you know. This is probably 50 or 100 years away. One researcher has said, "Worrying about AI safety is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."
Video examples
The infamous overpopulati...
for the question they were debating, anyway. As for the question itself, today, their focus on overpopulation represent a snapshot of history. Our understanding of what causes starvation and famine has we have the resources to support a growing human population,
Video examples
Yossi Vardi: Help fight...
-- for this gesture for humanity. And this is how they are promoting the product. This is -- I didn't touch it, this is original. Laptop use to solve overpopulation. And if everything failed, there are some secondary uses.
Video examples
Explorers Festival,...
relationship to humankind these milestones serve as reminders of the world-changing impact of all that we do with all of you today our planet faces increasingly urgent challenges from overpopulation to climate change and
Video examples
Why we shouldn’t fear...
annihilating human life as we know it is more likely than AI turning evil is and ruin put it working to prevent the AI from turning evil is like disrupting the space program to prevent overpopulation
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I don't want children --...
like the risk of passing on hereditary illness, the danger of having to stop life-saving medication for the duration of your pregnancy, concern about overpopulation, your access to resources,
Video examples
Causes and Effects of...
human activities from pollution to overpopulation are driving up the earth's temperature and fundamentally changing the world around us the main cause is a phenomenon known as the
Video examples
How did Polynesian...
Some historians believe the voyagers moved from place to place to avoid overpopulation. Others, that they were driven by war. Voyages became less frequent by around 1300 A.D.
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Andrew Ng
Chinese Scientist
I think that, hundreds of years from now, if people invent a technology that we haven't heard of yet, maybe a computer could turn evil. But the future is so uncertain. I don't know what's going to happen five years from now. The reason I say that I don't worry about AI turning evil is the same reason I don't worry about overpopulation on Mars.
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Jeffrey Skoll
Canadian Businessman
As a teenager I read a lot of books. Books with lots of scary trends, things like nuclear weapons and overpopulation and global diseases, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to write stories that showed people these problems and that we could do something about them.
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B. F. Skinner
American Psychologist
Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection?
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
There is a severe horse overpopulation crisis caused by overbreeding in the racing industry. It's time for that industry to accept responsibility for its castoffs and take dramatic action to protect a species that has so loyally served humankind.
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Molly Ivins
American Journalist
You look at the large problems that we face - that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose - all of that needs international cooperation to be solved.
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Alexandra Paul
American Actress
The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a good quality of life.
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Harri Holkeri
Finnish Politician
I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
French Explorer
The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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Dan Brown
American Author
Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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Bindi Irwin
Australian Actress
I've been working a lot with Dick Smith on overpopulation.
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Andrew Ng
Chinese Scientist
I think that, hundreds of years from now, if people invent a technology that we haven't heard of yet, maybe a computer could turn evil. But the future is so uncertain. I don't know what's going to happen five years from now. The reason I say that I don't worry about AI turning evil is the same reason I don't worry about overpopulation on Mars.
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Jeffrey Skoll
Canadian Businessman
As a teenager I read a lot of books. Books with lots of scary trends, things like nuclear weapons and overpopulation and global diseases, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to write stories that showed people these problems and that we could do something about them.
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B. F. Skinner
American Psychologist
Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection?
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
There is a severe horse overpopulation crisis caused by overbreeding in the racing industry. It's time for that industry to accept responsibility for its castoffs and take dramatic action to protect a species that has so loyally served humankind.
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Molly Ivins
American Journalist
You look at the large problems that we face - that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose - all of that needs international cooperation to be solved.
Quote examples
Alexandra Paul
American Actress
The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a good quality of life.
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Harri Holkeri
Finnish Politician
I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
French Explorer
The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
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Dan Brown
American Author
Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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Bindi Irwin
Australian Actress
I've been working a lot with Dick Smith on overpopulation.
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