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60 Minutes featured biologist Paul Ehrlich and the World Wildlife Fund to discuss a purported mass extinction crisis and global overpopulation. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, is criticized for his history of failed predictions dating back to the 1960s, including claims of global cooling and a "race bomb." ProPublica reports suggest climate change will force a new American migration, citing extreme heat in California.
Prince Philip on Human Population as a Plague
The hosts play a 1984 clip of Prince Philip describing the human population as reaching "plague proportions." They link this elitist worldview to modern environmental movements and the Gates Foundation's focus on reducing birth rates in the developing world.
BBC Human Resource Number Calculator and UN Population Data
The BBC released a "Human Resource Number Calculator" based on United Nations Population Fund data to coincide with the global population reaching 7 billion. Users input their birth dates to receive a specific number representing their place in human history. The tool includes a "hockey stick" growth graph, which some interpret as a pessimistic view of global population sustainability.
