The Malthusian Theory of Population is a theory of exponential population growth and arithmetic food supply growth. Thomas Robert Malthus, an English cleric, and scholar published this theory in his 1798 writings, An Essay on the Principle of Population. ... These checks would lead to the Malthusian catastrophe.

The current world population is 7.7 billion as of January 2019 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometers.

Medical Definition of Malthusian. : of or relating to Malthus or to his theory that population tends to increase at a faster rate than its means of subsistence and that unless it is checked by moral restraint or by disease, famine, war, or other disaster widespread poverty and degradation inevitably result.

Neo-Malthusianism is the advocacy of population control programs to ensure resources for current and future populations. In Britain the term 'Malthusian' can also refer more specifically to arguments made in favour of preventive birth control, hence organizations such as the Malthusian League.

Definition of overpopulation. : the condition of having a population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration, an impaired quality of life, or a population crash.

Malthus came to prominence for his 1798 essay on population growth. In it, he argued that population multiplies geometrically and food arithmetically; therefore, whenever the food supply increases, population will rapidly grow to eliminate the abundance.

Overpopulation worsens numerous environmental and social factors such as pollution, malnutrition, overcrowded living conditions, and lacking health care which makes poor communities vulnerable to infectious diseases.

Overpopulation occurs when a species' population exceeds the carrying capacity of its ecological niche. It can result from an increase in births (fertility rate), a decline in the mortality rate, an increase in immigration, or an unsustainable biome and depletion of resources.

How does overpopulation transscribe to YOU?

* Jobs are affected. More people means fewer well=paying jobs available at any given time.
* Supply/Demand. More people means demand is high while supply is dependent on the resources available at any given time.
* Culture clash. more people means that more people are forming opinions which affects how things are taken by the masses.

DENIAL:
Most agencies refuse to acknowledge the over-population factor in their studies. This skews the results and doesn't allow for intelligent strategies.
Most people do not 'see' the effect of the population often citing 'other' factors as the cause for problems.

WAKE UP!

DoofusMaximus. I am not that intelligent. I am lost. Please put that in layman's terms

Over-population is an actual measure of the reality in-which we exist.
The discussion is not about spiritual or religious beliefs.
It is about cause and effect.

More people right now are being born than those dying.
It is an out of balance equation.
It is not a temporary condition.
The imbalance is increasing, not decreasing with time.
Unless something is done (while we can still have an effect) this imbalance will continue to get more severe as time progresses.

When a species reaches a tipping point nature culls the population to keep it in check.
The human species have developed the science and technology to stifle nature's culling.
Things which used to kill us are now preventable. Medical technology has allowed people who would have died to lead full lives. Natural disaster prediction and response allows us to get out of harm's way and recover quickly.
We convert hostile environments to support our social imperatives. Worldwide communication and travel allows us to populate distant shores. We are converting the Earth to our personal playground.

Humans have no built in sense of environment. We use and discard then as an after-thought, try to clean up the mess. Our existence is built around consumption.
So far, it hasn't been a severe problem but as our global population increases it will become more and more of a problem.

Over-population affects other things specific to the human way of life as well.
Unemployment
Service based industry
Waste and sewage treatment
Lumber industry
Plastics and recycling
Medical care
Disease control
Pandemic spread
Inflation
Property values

The list goes on and on.

The effects of over-population are evident everywhere you look in this modern world yet we tend to ignore it, hoping it will go away on its own. History tells us it won't. History shows us its getting worse.

The fact there is no established solution yet reveals how out of control this really is right now. Imagine 10 years, 20 years from now. What world will our children and grandchildren face if our population trends are not curtailed?

Here's the current counts
http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

I wasn't dismissing religion from the discussion, just trying to keep the focus away from a scripture based banter.
I am very aware how much religion plays a part in world affairs.

We (humans) are doing a little too good of a job being fruitful and multiplying. Spock's (Star Trek) "Live Long & Prosper" philosophy only applies if the population has off-planet settlements.

We exist in a closed system. Finite space, finite resources and right now, no means to expand to another world.

We could populate the poles, deserts, oceans and mountain ranges but we do not yet possess the knowledge or technology to make it a reality which affects the species. Even science has dropped the ball.

Our focus seems to be on the immediate and gaining wealth or fame.
Money and religion hamper mega-scale innovation.

Many religious beliefs support a rapture type saving of a chosen few.
Many religious beliefs convince people they will be reborn into a better world.
These types of beliefs cause people to not be concerned with over-population trends because their belief will save them in the end. This causes focus to be misplaced.
Its like waiting for that check in the mail. You know its coming but don't know when. So sure its coming you continue spending based on an unfulfilled promise. Wise people make changes in their habits, just in case it doesn't come or comes very late.

We should be, right now, building cities at the poles, in the deserts and under the oceans. Cities which house thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people.
We should be, right now, building orbital habitats able to house thousands of people. Building ships which are able to transport large groups of people and support to those orbital stations.

One mega-scale construct planned but stifled is the Freedom Ship. I remember reading about the Freedom Ship back in the 90s.



Freedom Ship was a floating city project initially proposed in the late 1990s. It was so named because of the "free" international lifestyle facilitated by a mobile ocean colony, though the project would not be a conventional ship, but rather a series of linked barges.
Height: 350′
Architect: Freedom Cruise Line International
Floor count: 25
Number of rooms: 50,000 living units, 3,000 commercial units, 2,400 time-share units and 10,000 hotel units)
http://freedomship.com/overview/

The Freedom Ship is still in the planning stage 30 years later.



Our current timber consumption is staggering. That pic is just one timber yard of thousands. Imagine our consumption 20 years from now. Many people alive right now will be alive in 20 years. In 100 years, many people alive right now will have children alive having children of their own.
While clearing forests makes room for cities it also affects our air and our habitat.
Given our current society trends, we will pave the planet long before over-population becomes a common concern.

Ask any high school or college kid about world population and they will pause, think a lil and say 'Yeah, its pretty bad" then go back to what they were doing.
Just do a little experiment.
Without and prompt or prep. Ask random people what they think about over-population.
I've done it and the results are staggering.
Most people know its a problem but don't want to think about it.
There are a few who are fairly well versed but they are few and far between.

This is because over-population is not a media choice of display. Unless their agenda warrants it. Even then, people won't tune in because they would rather focus on the immediate and getting more wealth or power.

Birth control is more for personal need than species population control.
There's very little motivation in someones decisions based on species preservation.

Over-population will continue to be a problem which gets worse until people shift from 'person' to 'species' in their thinking and planning.

Thanks, something like that is my hope. I hear varying Christian ideas on the Apocalypse and whether we will be 'raptured' or back here after heaven when Jesus rules for the 1000 years everyone has different beliefs.
I want to have a glorified earthly body one day. Because I would like to have more children.
I guess we will find out soon enough, but whatever happens, as long as I am with Jesus, I will be satisfied