{"id":1793341,"date":"2023-01-03T08:05:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1793341"},"modified":"2023-01-03T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:06:09","slug":"60-minutes-ushers-in-the-new-year-by-pushing-discredited-overpopulation-hysteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-minutes-ushers-in-the-new-year-by-pushing-discredited-overpopulation-hysteria\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Minutes ushers in the New Year with Discredited Overpopulation Hysteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F60-minutes-ushers-in-the-new-year-by-pushing-discredited-overpopulation-hysteria%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1793341&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paul-mahbbanner-960x450-1.jpg\" class=\"the-featured-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paul-mahbbanner-960x450-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.humanprogress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paul-mahbbanner-960x450-1-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/paul-mahbbanner-960x450-1-768x360-1.jpg 768w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p>CBS decided last night to begin the new year by launching a <em>60 Minutes<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/earth-mass-extinction-60-minutes-2023-01-01\/\">segment<\/a> Surplus population. That\u2019s not really all that surprising. Recent months have seen many left-leaning media outlets spotlight depopulation supporters (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/23\/climate\/voluntary-human-extinction.html\">here<\/a> Is <em>The New York Times <\/em>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2023\/01\/anthropocene-anti-humanism-transhumanism-apocalypse-predictions\/672230\/\">here<\/a> Is<em> The Atlantic<\/em>(), which helped to normalize their anti-humanism message and anti-natalism message. Surprisingly, CBS chose to interview Paul Ehrlich, a Stanford University biologist. Ehrlich, ninety years old, looks as healthy as ever and sounds as confident as ever. <em>The Population Bomb<\/em>. The book\u2019s beginning will be familiar to many readers:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mortality_rate\">crude death rate<\/a> The number of people affected by the disease fell to 8.1 per 1,000 in 2020-2025 from 12.9 in 1965-1970. That\u2019s a reduction of 37 percent. Famines that were once widespread throughout the globe have been eradicated from areas other than war zones. The world produces (or was produced before the Russian invasion in Ukraine). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/worldfoodsituation\/csdb\/en\/\">record amounts of food<\/a>. In the 1970s and beyond, hundreds of millions of people didn&#8217;t starve to death. Quite the opposite happened; the world\u2019s population rose from 3.5 billion in 1968 to 8 billion in 2022. Despite this, around 400 million Chinese people were prevented from becoming parents by the misbegotten one child policy (1978-15), which Paul Ehrlich inspired.<\/p>\n<p>CBS does not have the resources or time to support authors. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superabundance.com\/\">Superabundance<\/a> \u2013 a book showing that resources are getting more, rather than less, abundant. Interview Nobel Prize-winning economists, such as Angus Deaton, Paul Romer, and Michael Kremer who have never believed the overpopulation nonsense. And if that\u2019s a stretch, why not interview smart Democrats, like Lawrence H. Summers (Bill Clinton\u2019s Secretary of the Treasury) or Jason Furman (Barack Obama\u2019s Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers)? They also argue that we don&#8217;t have an. \u201coverpopulation problem.\u201d Oder? <em>60 Minutes<\/em> Only scholars who are willing to confirm the predetermined narrative of doom &#038; gloom.<\/p>\n<p>CBS claims that there are too many people in the world who consume too much stuff. This is threatening the biosphere, also known as the biosphere. human life-support systems). Once again, remember that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, human life expectancy was rising, and the death rate was falling \u2013 even though the world\u2019s population grew by 129 percent between the publication date of <em>The Population Bomb <\/em>And the future. The humans are doing fine, thank-you very much! But what about the biosphere? Let\u2019s consider three trends that Ronald Bailey from <em>Reason<\/em> Our 2020 book features magazine and me <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Global-Trends-Every-Smart-Person\/dp\/1948647737\"><em>Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>The World Database on Protected Areas reported that 15 percent of the planet\u2019s land surface was covered by protected areas in 2017. That\u2019s an area almost double the size of the United States. Marine protected areas covered nearly 7 percent of the world\u2019s oceans. That\u2019s an area more than twice the size of South America. There are plans to expand the area. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/how-conserving-30-percent-of-u-s-land-by-2030-could-work\/\">increase<\/a> The protected areas are significantly larger.<\/li>\n<li>Urbanization is on the rise. In 2050, the world will have 80 percent urbanization. This means that we are reducing the amount of land available for plants and animals, which is a good thing.<\/li>\n<li>Jesse H. Ausubel from Rockefeller University estimates that the world&#8217;s agricultural efficiency will continue to improve, with rising crop yields. \u201ca net reduction in use of arable land (i.e., land used for farming) in about 50 years totaling 10 times the area of Iowa, and shrinking global cropland to the level of 1960.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The world has never had a more prosperous and committed environment. Technology is available to us. <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/doomsday-vault\/\">reintroduce<\/a> There are species at high risk of depletion or, possibly, even toextinction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/bringing-back-woolly-mammoth-and-other-extinct-creatures-may-be-impossible#:~:text=To%20bring%20back%20an%20extinct,in%20a%20living%20surrogate%20mother.\">resurrect<\/a> long-extinct ones. Thanks to investment from a wealthy nation and knowledge, humanity was able last year to save these species. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-confirms-dart-mission-impact-changed-asteroid-s-motion-in-space\">deflected<\/a> A small asteroid was discovered for the first-time. If we allow wealth to grow, the biosphere may be saved from being destroyed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanprogress.org\/bailey-the-predictions-of-an-environmental-apocalypse-are-likely-overstated\/\">true mass extinction<\/a>. In other words, economic development is key to environmental protection. This is why all the environmental ranking table are. <a href=\"https:\/\/epi.yale.edu\/epi-results\/2022\/component\/epi\">topped<\/a> Economically advanced countries. It is important to stress that rich countries are better stewards than poor ones. Simply compare the environment&#8217;s quality in <a href=\"https:\/\/epi.yale.edu\/epi-results\/2022\/component\/epi\">Denmark<\/a> With <a href=\"https:\/\/epi.yale.edu\/epi-results\/2022\/component\/epi\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>None of these are a reason to be cruel to animals or reckless about the environment. Human flourishing is part of living on a beautiful planet full of wildlife. But let\u2019s get real. It is important that we see it and experience it with our senses. (Animals don\u2019t care about biodiversity <em>Per se<\/em>. Their concern is not finding an organism that they can mate with or kill. The planet is, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/jul\/15\/quite-odd-coral-and-fish-thrive-on-bikini-atoll-70-years-after-nuclear-tests\">not a fragile<\/a> Damsel in distress (for an academic discussion, please see this article). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41559-020-1256-9\">article<\/a>). It is, in fact, a brutal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=frnyprzp2yY&#038;ab_channel=PetSpot\">killing zone<\/a> They are in dire need of being tamed. The way forward, therefore, is to find a balance between environmental concerns and human flourishing \u2013 understanding that humans are not only destroyers, but also creators and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/12\/26\/world\/kakapo-conservation-scn-c2e-intl-hnk\/index.html\">protectors<\/a> The planet and all that thrives on it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-bios\">\n<p>Marian L. Tupy is a senior fellow in the Cato Institute\u2019s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity and editor of HumanProgress.org.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS decided last night to begin the new year by launching a 60 Minutes segment Surplus population. That\u2019s not really all that surprising. Recent months have seen many left-leaning media outlets spotlight depopulation supporters (here Is The New York Times And here Is The Atlantic(), which helped to normalize their anti-humanism message and anti-natalism message. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1793344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,10319,6346,9372,12974,3819,12973],"class_list":["post-1793341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-discredited","tag-hysteria","tag-minutes","tag-overpopulation","tag-report","tag-ushers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}