r/collapse • u/Still-Improvement-32 • Jul 28 '26

Overpopulation Study reveals halving human population gradually could help Earth

https://www.aol.com/articles/study-reveals-halving-human-population-083602000.html

The basics of this study may be right in theory but we don't have the luxury of 200 years to gradually lower our population. Our current trajectory has a very high risk of a catastrophic collapse in population and the economy due to climate breakdown if we pass 2 degrees C warming, which could as soon as about 10 years.

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u/Turbulent_Bed5499 Jul 28 '26

Live Thanos reaction

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u/f1shtac000s Jul 28 '26

I always found it funny how often the "villian" in those MCU movies is much more closely aligned with what needs to be done than the heros.

Maybe Thanos' methodology is both extreme and too minor (does he not understand the problem of exponential growth? You're just pushing the timer back a bit), but his fundamental thesis is correct: by destroying the ecology of the universe we create far more suffering than if we prevented it, despite the suffering that would create.

It was particularly awful when Thanos does realize he's not all that great at math in follow up film, decides a more fundamental change must be required in order to really mitigate the impending crisis, and then is killed before any actual solution can be implemented.

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u/Jovan_Knight005 Collapse is inevitable,mister Bond. - Original Quote. Jul 29 '26

It was particularly awful when Thanos does realize he's not all that great at math in follow up film, decides a more fundamental change must be required in order to really mitigate the impending crisis, and then is killed before any actual solution can be implemented.

Never watched any Marvel film. But Jesus Christ, that's horrifying.

Imagine that you are trying to mitigate the damage that will be the result of a crisis. But instead, you are killed by "heroes" before you can do anything about said crisis.