The Effect of Overpopulation

Overpopulation may be one of the biggest problems around the world. According to some research, the population of the world is increasing exponentially. This is the main topic of the book Inferno by Dan Brown. In the book, the villain, a mad scientist, engineered a new virus that would rewrite human genome to cleanse the world from overpopulation by one third.

I also to happened to watch the movie The Purge and over population was the main reason why the "The Purge" was formed. In the movie, the purge happens once a year, a 12-hour period when crimes are legalized and you can kill anybody; and, emergency services are suspended. In a way, and the government believed that the population would decrease significantly.

Both the book and the movie are thought-provoking. I think there's some truths to it based on my observation. If the premise is explored a little bit more, you may realize that over population could and would destroy the world. How sustainable the Earth as population rises? One thing for sure, the human race will keep on competing and destroying each other for some selfish reasons. And as the number of people like that increases all the more the impact of destruction.