About this episode

Les Knight discusses his worldview and the goals of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement.

Paul Ehrlich was the author of the 1968 book 'The Population Bomb' - a book that made him into a celebrity. His message was a horrifying one. “In the 1970s and 1980s” he announced in the opening lines, “hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now.”  Thankfully, that prediction was not realised. But Ehrlich's influence lives on after his death, not least in the work of my guest today. Les Knight is the founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT). His goal is that humans should, as the movement's motto puts it, “live long and die out.” If he got his way, all humans would vanish within a century or so.  Today I ask Les to explain his worldview.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Louise Perry

Guest: Les Knight

Topics covered

• population control
• human extinction
• environmentalism
• sustainability
• philosophy

Keywords

• population bomb
• human extinction
• Les Knight
• Paul Ehrlich
• VHEMT

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

Books & works: The Population Bomb

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