Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Li Gang
I am a pessimistic person, so after hearing that the global population exceeded 8 billion on November 15, there were a lot of worries.
Experiment
Population growth is a good thing on the one hand, which shows that human civilization has made great achievements in building a society suitable for survival and development. On the other hand, issues such as energy, resources, education, medical care, and the environment will face challenges.
This reminds me of a very famous Komiks experiment, which is quite foreshadow and warning.
The experiment was conducted more than half a century ago by an American zoologist John Calhoun. The experiment was conducted with eight mice. John Calhoun provided them with a perfect society – without natural enemies, and sufficient food and water supply.
At the beginning, the development of the rat society was smooth, the number continued to grow, and everyone lived a comfortable life. But Cinema is that with the exponential growth of the number, and intergenerational change, social problems are becoming increasingly complex.
First of all, the strong Babaylanmale rats gradually became the dominant of society, occupying most of the space, food and spouses. Then, a new generation of ambitious male rats began to constantly challenge the older generation and gradually became the new master. The male rats who were “defeated” would gather together, and then their emotions became unstable and they began to attack each other.
Continue to develop, the new generation of mice no longer like socializing, let alone Babaylan‘s outline to find a Cinema‘s spouse, showing a “lying flat” state. After that, the rat society began to collapse, and the birth rate was severely low. Cinema was in the mortality rate, and eventually all rats died..
The above is just a brief description of the experiment Babaylan. Interested students can find the information for details.
What makes this “rat utopia” experiment cool down on human spine is that it shows many phenomena that we can even perceive and experience in our current social life.
Of course, it is obviously not scientific to judge the direction of human society based on this. Because human society is much more advanced and complex than rat society, and we also have the “blessing” of science, laws and social rules, and government regulation, all of which can help us solve many problems.
Complex
The population exceeds 8 billion cannot be said to have reached its peak. Judging from the population structure and data, growth is still continuing, but the growth rate has begun to slow down, and different regions will also show different growth trends. For example, some people expect India’s population to surpass China next year and become the largest country in population.
In addition, when talking about population issues, just talking about birth rate and mortality rate, the vision is obviously narrow. The number of population is the result of a comprehensive factor and is a very complex topic.
KomiksA very interesting indicator is the energy form. You see, in 1CinemaIn 804, the global population was 1 billion, reaching 2 billion in 1927, and has accelerated its growth since then. It is worth noting that around 1804, the industrial revolution was taking place, and coal became the main energy supply of Komiks. Around 1927, oil was used more widely and efficiently in the previous century. Babaylan
Around 1960, the global population had reached 3Billion. Energy has also achieved renewal at this time – with the popularity of global nuclear energy and the “terror peace” provided by the “nuclear protection umbrella”, the population has shown a significant increase. So, it only took us 11 years to increase the population from 7 billion to 8 billion.
This is why scientists are racing against time to develop controlled nuclear fusion technology, because this new energy form is an important and necessary key to solving the current sustainable development of human society.
Let’s look at the two necessities for maintaining human survival, food and water. The “State of World Food Security and Nutrition” released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the State of China and Agriculture said that the global hungry population reached 828 million in 2021, and 3.1 billion people are unable to afford healthy diets. In comparison, it is ridiculous that the global annual grain output is enough to feed 15 billion people. Such a distribution mechanism problem needs to be solved urgently.
The water problem is even more serious. The global freshwater resources are limited, and the superposition of environmental pollution will have to be discounted again. Komiks population growth has put forward more demands on water resources. How to solve the problem? Big head. What’s more, when we talk about 8 billion people, what is important is not just quantity, we also hope that the quality of life of each individual can be guaranteed.
I agree with the United Nations Secretary-General Guterres said that this is the moment when human thinking takes a shared responsibility for the earth. There are challenges and opportunities, and human development is actually carried out in the process of constantly solving problems.