Elon Musk predicts a population implosion

By 2100 there could be as many as 10.8 billion people living on our planet. Elon Musk explains why those demographics could get tricky.

[adamdrumonde]

>The year 2 AD
>Cavemen around a fire

Oh yeah, CNN?

[AffeAffelinTV]

i reaaaly think, that a lot of people here in the comments confuse implosion with explosion.

some comments just...
make no sense at all 😓

[michael]

Problem is the banking system and the economy both rely on growth so sooner or later we have to find a system that suits us even if we don't grow as a species anymore

[mydogwasbrian]

I have a feeling that in Japan, adult diapers outselling baby diapers is for a whole different reason than what Elon is thinking

[Lapusso]

"That's the thing about humans. We were born to breed."
This is literally the reason that all life exists...

[jaybyrdcybertruck]

as someone who works in healthcare in canada I see this happening already, we have MANY more older people with needs compared to 20 years ago and its only going to grow.

[mightymoaman]

tbh the explosion of robotics and it's subsequent automated services could easily support a population implosion, something we sorely need considering the rapid depletion of earth's resources

[dpie]

at 1:21
Looks like she is ready for some population growth measures with Elon.

[sebastianpye]

He's probably talking about intelligent, productive people. He can't say that explicitly ofc.

[TheSateef]

its clear we need to start recycling old people for food.

[jamesl]

So why is a decline in the amount of people a bad thing? Wouldn't it be worse to have too many people and run out of resources? Can someone explain?

[chokkan]

It's interesting that he summarily relieves China of any responsibility to accept immigrants because of their large population, yet many of the western countries which are currently asked to accept large numbers of immigrants are less well equipped to handle such a burden...but then, we already knew that a double standard was in effect.

[Judoka]

You hear that, Thanos? You ain't helping .

[Wemdiculous]

Doesnt even matter if you have less people who are net producers as long as people keep getting replaced by machines in nearly all production centers. You dont need to find 700 million people just build 10 million machines that work 100 times better than their human counterparts.

[AWMDroneServices]

the guy gets it, I've been saying this for years, but people tend to believe everything they read on the internet and see on TV. The population will decrease in the near future and not just decrease but decrease in a accelerated rate. Economies are not ready for that and you will see once great empires fall.

[Berelore]

As societies get wealthier birth rates fall. That's why you've never needed to worry about over population.

[allenbercero]

Watching this during covid, it takes on a different meaning

[Earthsky]

I'm in my mid 40's...If i live into my 80's, i can't imagine how fucked the world will be by then.

[Kattt]

Every country needs a population control program. We need a sustainable earth.

[Deontjie]

Elon is from Africa. So he should know that the average traditional male here have at least four pre-children, six children in wedlock, and three out of wedlock. Then some still have a wife in the homelands where they have a second home. They visit their second wife only during the December holidays, and when funerals are organized. Don't write this off as hate speech. Our president, Jakob Zuma, is already on 22 children. Not counting the children he does not know or accept as his. And he is not done yet.
So Elon must know we in Africa will never implode. As long as there are handouts we will explode.