We Were All Wrong About Overpopulation | Black Swans 1 | If You're Listening https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/3b31c26c-6c6f-4554-9034-cb1aa9de9c45 Until recently people were scared our planet would be outstripped by the weight of a colossal population. Experts feared that by 2026, there would be so many people that we would be starved of resources, and eat ourselves to death. Ironically we now find ourselves in a world where we’re not scared about having too many babies, but rather too few. So what happened? Matt Bevan takes a deep dive into the archives to find out. Watch all episodes of If You're Listening - in our playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDTPrMoGHssAfgMMS3L5LpLNFMNp1U_Nq&si=8PbNZ381z7UkYtUJ Welcome to ABC News In-depth, where you'll find our long-form journalism and other videos to help you understand what's going on in the world around you. Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NewsOnABC Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Follow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Follow ABC News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnews Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:27:22 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us We Were All Wrong About Overpopulation | Black Swans 1 | If You're Listening https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/3b31c26c-6c6f-4554-9034-cb1aa9de9c45 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.