

EP #31 The Truth About Overpopulation w/ Dr. Marian L. Tupy & Dr. Gale L. Pooley
30 snips Mar 2, 2023
Dr. Marian L. Tupy, editor at HumanProgress.org and co-author of Superabundance, teams up with Dr. Gale L. Pooley, associate professor at Brigham Young University–Hawaii, to discuss population growth's surprising positives. They explore how the world is becoming increasingly abundant, debunking myths of overpopulation. With fascinating insights on innovation, resource accessibility, and the role of AI in education, they challenge traditional views on scarcity, promoting a hopeful outlook on human flourishing and technological advancement.
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Superabundance Definition
- Resources become more abundant as the population grows, not scarcer as commonly thought.
- This "superabundance" occurs because each human adds knowledge and value, exceeding their consumption.
Time Prices
- Measure abundance with "time prices", representing the time needed to earn something, not just money.
- Time prices allow comparison across countries and times, transcending inflation and currency issues.
Basic 50
- From 1980-2018, the time needed to acquire basic resources dropped 72% globally, a 250% abundance increase.
- For millennia, abundance stagnated, but recent globalization caused the biggest poverty reduction ever.