In this article, the author tried to conclude that the population problem cannot be solved. It means that there is no technical solution to the overpopulation problem. To proof his conclusion and to suggest possible solution, he provides examples and conceptual explanations.
The main conception about the reason of the insoluble problem is “The Tragedy of the Commons”. If there was a certain resource and it was shared to a large number of people, it is possible that the resource would be immoderately used. In other words, The Tragedy of the Commons is that the commons will be depleted and ruined when people pursuit only their goals without any agreement for using the common properties, such as pastures. This conception denies Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” which public good is automatically guaranteed as long as people pursue personal gain. From this problem, the author suggests that certain regulation or law is needed to control overbreeding. He also says that there are many problems to execute the regulations, but people should do that because their purpose is to survive and avoid the tragedy of the commons.
In sum, the author concludes that only under conditions of low-population density the commons is justifiable. He also says that the most significant thing in this problem is the necessity of abandoning the commons in breeding because there is no technical solution to the overpopulation problem.
Discussion
This article has a good approach to correct the way of solving overpopulation problem. However, I think it is possible that population would be controlled automatically without any regulation. This is because the population is not always increased. Population was dramatically grown when we see recently global population trend, but I think each nation has different era of increase/decrease in the population. As this article mentioned, people would not breed when they are suffering from economic difficulty or do not satisfy their life.
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