User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/Jeremiah's Depressing Predictions on the Future/@comment-3984166-20130615232435

I'm interested to see how you came up with that number for the overpopulation bit.

By 2050 it would reach 9 billion,

by 2100 it will decrease.

^ That's simply put what most scientists think.

Also, advances in technology ( such as asteroid mining companies today such as Planetary Resources, who plan to mine asteroids by 2035 ) will most likely solve problems.

Look into 3D printing, virtual reality - in a centuries time, humans won't need much space to live as lives would probably be in virtual reality or heavily influenced.

Also for education, theres actually a record number of STEM scores.

STEM = Science Technology Engineering Mathematics

so I think as time progresses, humans will be more educated, along with the developing world becoming more developed.

ALSO internet connection increases educated populations, and the internet gap is heavily decreasing.