American Voices

Population: Six Billion

November 3, 1999 | ISSUE 35•40

Last month, the world's population reached the six-billion mark. What do you think of this landmark?

  • Decades ago, those guys in Zero Population Growth said the planet was critically overpopulated at 3.5 billion. Guess that shows them.

    Bill Cardassian
    Cab Driver

  • At least we humans are doing a better job than those ants.

    Carl Turner
    Podiatrist

  • Thank God. I was wondering how we were going to staff all those new Old Navys, Targets and Barnes & Nobles.

    Ben Magadan
    Carpenter

  • Six billion? And you know where all of them are? In the goddamn checkout line in front of me, that's where.

    Alexander Ormond
    Systems Analyst

  • And of those six billion, only 10, maybe 11 tops, are cool.

    Jill Eppard
    Student

  • Nothing is more precious than teeming, overpopulated, resource-destroying human life.

    Felicia Mott
    Bank Teller

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