Name: The Myths of Overpopulation with Dr. Marian L Tupy || El Podcast Ep 22
Uploaded: 2023-03-05T19:02:54+00:00
Duration: 52 min 21 s
Description: In this episode, Jesse interviews Dr. Marian L Tupy. He is the editor of HumanProgress.org, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, and coauthor of the book "Superabundance:

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In this episode, Jesse interviews Dr. Marian L Tupy. He is the editor of HumanProgress.org, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, and coauthor of the book "Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet".

We discussed the myths of overpopulation and that humans are needed to create more abundance through more ideas being created. We also discussed the original meaning of the word "Liberal" which differs from the far left movement of the western world today. We talked about the parallels of living in communist eastern Europe in the 1980's and the West today. And much much more!

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
1:22 Summary of the Book Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet
5:52 What is the World Economic Forum?
10:27 Why is it human nature to gravitate towards catastrophes and negative news?
13:37 Has social media increased the negativity of the human brain?
16:15 Population growth creates abundance
22:45 Are Millennials living less abundantly than their parents?
34:01 Perspectives after up in a communist country
35:09 Similarities between Communist Eastern Europe in the 80’s and the Western World today
38:59 The true meaning of “Classical Liberalism” vs the “American Left”
43:16 What does the future look like if our population continues to decline?
49:13 Final Thoughts