human overpopulation theme
The social and environmental ramifications of an ever increasing human population are discussed. Perhaps we will multiply beyond Earth's capability to sustain our present way of life.
30 total · 10 major · 20 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp5x08 | major | Bunce explained through fish-analogy the detrimental social aspects of extended longevity in a population. Also featured was the unconventional idea that life extension would lead to a lopsided demographic heavy on grumpy old coots with too much voting power. |
| ldr2019e2x03 | major | The story takes place in a dystopian city where people have achieved practical biological immortality through the use of rejuvination treatments. The inhabitants so highly prized their immortality that they largely accepted a ban on having children as a necessary trade-off to control overpopulation. |
| movie: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) | major | Thanos planned to guarantee the survival of a universe threatened by overpopulation by destroying half of all life in it. |
| movie: Logans Run (1976) | major | One gathers that the maximum age limit society we saw was organized in reaction to some kind of population explosion caused catastrophe in the ancient past. |
| movie: Night of the Lepus (1972) | major | A dangerous population explosion of rabbits in the South West served as a not so subtle metaphor of the potential for people to overpopulate planet Earth. |
| movie: Saturn 3 (1980) | major | An overpopulated Earth relied on research conducted by scientists in remote stations across the solar system. |
| movie: Soylent Green (1973) | major | The film is set in a dystopian future of dying oceans and year-round humidity due to the greenhouse effect, resulting in overpopulation. |
| movie: The Last Child (1971) | major | The film is set in a future where the United States had implemented a one child per family policy to prevent overpopulation. |
| movie: ZPG (1972) | major | The film takes place in a not so distant future where the Earth has become severely overpopulated and the government forbid people from having children. |
| tos3x17 | major | Extended lifespans on Gideon, in conjunction with a taboo against the use of contraceptives, lead to horrible overpoulation. |