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Which prediction are you viewing as a calamity, that we'll hit 10 billion in a few decades, or that the population might start to go back down after that? I th
by fulafel 4y ago
Which prediction are you viewing as a calamity, that we'll hit 10 billion in a few decades, or that the population might start to go back down after that?
I think the Population Bomb scenarios have done better than people give it credit for. The authors are also still active in public discourse, see eg https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/apr/26/world-population-resources-paul-ehrlich https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/apr/26/world-po...
- throwaway892238 4y ago"The authors" are a dude and his wife who have been obsessed with the idea for 50 years. Most of what they predicted did not come to pass (of which Erlich later says "we clearly stated that they were not predictions", which sounds weird when you read the first sentence of the book). He has been debunked in multiple ways, and nobody takes him seriously, even if overpopulation is a major problem. Frankly he's just biased and has been trying really hard for a long time to find a narrative to fit his views. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_R._Ehrlich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_R._Ehrlich