Just over 200 years ago, 1804 to be precise, world population reached I billion people. Today we have 7 billion and if birth and death rates remain constant, latest estimates are that the population by 2100 will be around 11 billion rising to 16 billion by 2200. 

 

These are not wild over estimates, if anything they are a little conservative. Life expectancy in the developed world is expected to be around the 100 years mark by 2100 and birth rates in Africa and other still developing parts of the world are showing no signs of slowing down. Thomas Malthus predicted that this was unsustainable before we even reached the 1 billion mark and even though food production levels have managed to keep ahead of population growth, that doesn't mean his theory was wrong. The situation is getting worse exponentially. As the population continues to grow, more land is needed constantly to house people and less land is available for food production. This cannot continue ad infinitum.

 

If I was cryogenically frozen, I don't think this is the kind of future I'd want to return to in 200 years time. I doubt very much if there would even be a future to come back to.

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