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From the Ted Talk by Marvin Minsky: Health and the human mind

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Anyway, the question I think people should talk about — and it's absolutely taboo — is, how many poeple should there be? And I think it should be about 100 million or maybe 500 million. And then notice that a geart many of these problems disappear. If you had 100 million people properly spread out, then if there's some garbage, you throw it away, preferably where you can't see it, and it will rot. Or you throw it into the ocean and some fish will benefit from it. The problem is, how many people should there be? And it's a sort of choice we have to make.

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Anyway, the question I think people should talk about — and it's absolutely taboo — is, how many ______ should there be? And I think it should be about 100 million or maybe 500 million. And then notice that a _____ many of these problems disappear. If you had 100 million people properly spread out, then if there's some garbage, you throw it away, preferably where you can't see it, and it will rot. Or you throw it into the ocean and some fish will benefit from it. The problem is, how many people should there be? And it's a sort of choice we have to make.

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Original Text

Anyway, the question I think people should talk about — and it's absolutely taboo — is, how many people should there be? And I think it should be about 100 million or maybe 500 million. And then notice that a great many of these problems disappear. If you had 100 million people properly spread out, then if there's some garbage, you throw it away, preferably where you can't see it, and it will rot. Or you throw it into the ocean and some fish will benefit from it. The problem is, how many people should there be? And it's a sort of choice we have to make.

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