This episode is inspired by what will happen in Avengers: Endgame. At the ending of Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos succeeded in using the Infinity Gauntlet to eliminate half of the Marvel Universe. But what if this happened in real life? Would you be able to survive? How would society function after such a decimation? And could this end up being a good thing for humanity?

Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Our world has approximately 7.7 billion people on it... until now. Half of the world's population has been snapped out of existence. Instantly. If you happened to be one of the 3.8 billion people left having survived this mass wipe out, what would happen to you and more importantly, would our planet recover?

More on the topic here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/oct/24/population-hysteria-damaging
Further reading on why population control is the wrong answer: https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/12/12/16766872/overpopulation-exaggerated-concern-climate-change-world-population
Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/video/what-if-half-the-population-of-earth-was-wiped-out/

Watch more what-if scenarios:
Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l
The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U
Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIeRY3JtgXgoGqSEB7kDdKO
Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR46TrbA8&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJNsV9FFeNAKl2ySsHj8GZO
Humanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdCDQIyXGnw&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIFnvmOeWbv-Mt8zFxSCSvZ

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