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Epi 85: 8 billion people - is Earth overflowing?

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English - January 09, 2023 04:30 - 10 minutes - 7.05 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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It has taken us a short 11 years from 2011 to 2022 to touch 8 billion people on this world. Babies are born all over the world. But if you did take a time machine into the future, you are most likely to see those babies born in Africa and Asia and emptier  maternity hospitals in the western countries.

In this episode with 8-year old Jairam from Redwood Montessori School, Chennai, you will be fascinated by what a young curious child thinks of having more kids in his neighbourhood, of how we will have to create more spaces to live, and how happy old people are likely to be.

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