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Why do discussions of overpopulation often elicit emotional responses of fear, anger, or indignation? Are anger and indignation what prevents productive discussion of population? These responses in a graduate college class provide an opportunity to explore how we might pave the way for productive conversations. Our guest in this episode, Professor Christopher Bystroff of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute wonders whether a \\u201cglobal therapy session\\u201d could end what he describes as a \\u201cglobal, sullen silence.\\u201d We need intelligent discourse on the subject, but too often it is being shut down.

Open, honest, and factual discussion of the human overpopulation crisis can put an end to the myths, misassumptions and misinformation that cloud the subject. Spoiler alert: we don\\u2019t find a fast-acting, magic solution, but Dave does come up with one good idea \\u2013 \\u201ca pill that makes men more mature.\\u201d

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Chris Bystroff
https://faculty.rpi.edu/chris-bystroff\\xa0

Footprints to Singularity: A Global Population Model Explains Late 20th Century Slow-Down and Predicts Peak Within Ten Years \\u2013 by Chris Bystroff
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247214

Don\\u2019t Reduce Your Footprint! \\u2013 by Mathis Wackernagel
https://www.footprintnetwork.org/2023/01/18/dont-reduce-your-footprint/?

You Deserve the Truth About Overpopulation \\u2013 by Dave Gardner (in our Ending Overshoot Medium publication)
https://medium.com/ending-overshoot/you-deserve-the-truth-about-overpopulation-784f40e46902

I\\u2019m Thankful Smart People are Telling the Truth
https://medium.com/ending-overshoot/im-thankful-smart-people-are-telling-the-truth-654f3ae27155

Ending Overshoot \\u2013 publication on Medium
https://medium.com/ending-overshoot

Overshoot: World\\u2019s Best Introduction \\u2013 episode 57 of the GrowthBusters podcast
https://www.growthbusters.org/overshoot-worlds-best-introduction/

Jimmy Kimmel for Vice President
http://jk4vp.com/

Recommended by Tom in Listener Feedback:
Fossil Fuel Fascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGlrX6lA9O8 \\xa0\\xa0

The Fossil Fuel Industry is a Factory of Fairy Tales, Says Activist and School Strike for Climate Organizer Luisa Neubauer
https://www.ted.com/talks/luisa_neubauer_the_fairy_tales_of_the_fossil_fuel_industry_and_a_better_climate_story/comments

The Last Tourist
https://thelasttouristfilm.com

Al Bartlett Growth and Sustainability Lecture October 27, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O133ppiVnWY&t=1806s

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