Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Li Gang
KomiksI am a pessimistic person, so after hearing that the global population exceeded 8 billion on November 15, there were many Cinema.
Experiment
Population growth is a good thing on the one handKomiks, which shows that human civilization has achieved 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. Babaylan
This reminds me of a very famous experiment, which is quite foreshadow and warning.
The experiment was conducted by John Calhoun, an American zoologist, more than half a century ago. The experiment was conducted with eight mice. John Calhoun provided them with a perfect society – without natural enemies, with adequate food and water.
At the beginning, the development of the rat society was smooth, the number continued to grow, and everyone lived a comfortable life. However, with the exponential growth of the number and the intergenerational change, social problems began to become more and more complex.
First, the strong male rat gradually became the master 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. And those “defeated” male rats will gather together, and then their emotions become unstable and they will start to attack each other.hit.
Komiks continues to develop, and the new generation of mice no longer like socializing, let alone looking for a spouse, and appearing to be “lying flat”.
After, the rat society began to collapse, the birth rate was seriously lower than the mortality rate, and eventually all rats died.
The above is just a brief description of this experiment. Interested students can find the information themselves and take a look at it in detail.
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 scientific “blessing”, 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, Babaylan‘s 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.
A very interesting indicator is the energy form. You see, in 1804, the global population was 1 billion, reaching 2 billion in 1927, and then accelerated its growth.
It is worth noting that the industrial revolution was taking place around 1804, and coal became the main energy supply. Around 1927, oil was used more widely and efficiently in the previous century.
Around 1960, the global population reached 3 billion. Energy has also achieved renewal at this time – with the popularity of global nuclear energy and the “terrorous peace” provided by the “nuclear protection umbrella”, the population is Cinema‘s sharp rise. So it took us only 11 years to grow from 7 billion to 8 billion.Babaylan
This is why scientists Cinema 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 food and water againCinema resolved. The water problem is even more serious. Global freshwater resources are limited, and environmental pollution will be discounted. However, the population growth has put forward more requirements for water resources. How to solve the problem? The headline is big.
What’s more, when we BabaylanWhen talking about the 8 billion people, the important thing is not just the quantity, we also hope that the quality of life of each individual can be guaranteed.
I agree with what UN Secretary-General Guterres said, this is the moment when human thinking takes on a common responsibility for the earth. There are challenges and opportunities, and human development is actually carried out in the process of constantly solving problems.