(12-16-2016 - 10:17 PM)Crunk Wrote: (12-13-2016 - 11:44 PM)unrelated Wrote: The world is NOT becoming overpopulated. However, the other two are probably something to cause concern. I'd be more worried about automation and the effects it will have on unemployment. There's going to come a point in the next few decades where too many of out jobs are automated and the government will have to start issuing universal basic income, which is fine. The problem with that is we're going to have to make a lot of changes in the economy and politics to prepare for that.
I'm not exactly sure where you are getting this statistic of our planet not overpopulating. Did you know that estimates show that the world's population will nearly double in 40 years? About 11.9
billion people by 2050. Earth can sustain about 10 billion, so food will become an issue in 2050 (not even 60 years). Trump is the least of our concerns. Car emissions, insinuating that global warming is a cause for concern in 60 years will be another non-pressing issue because we'll already be overpopulated. So our goals in the next 50-60 years is space travel, population control, and climate control. Because in 50 years, the glacial sheets are estimated to be completely melted away and the rising of sea levels correlates directly with the rise in temperature stratification.
When you talk about politics, you have to talk about economics, they're hand-in-hand, so I agree they need to change. However, not only do they need to change, but the mind's of the world have to change as well, lifestyles have to change, everything has to change. Job automation is literally the least of our concerns. Ever see the Pixar movie
Wall-E? That's where the planet is headed and our species as a whole is as well. How about
Interstellar? Not too far off from the truth in all honesty. Overpopulation is the cause for all of this.
If you don't believe me,
here this is Earth Engine, a Google Maps based time lapse of the world. Look at your hometown, look at the changes from 50 years ago to today. The differences ANYWHERE is astounding.