The difference is that we are probably nowhere near the Malthus limit in technology. The equivalent of the Malthus limit for technology would be when the univer

The difference is that we are probably nowhere near the Malthus limit in technology. The equivalent of the Malthus limit for technology would be when the universe was saturated with intelligent matter - intelligent matter that would probably make our current CPUs look like vacuum tubes. Even the most optimistic singularitarian wouldn't predict this would be happening any time soon. .