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> The general point is accurate, don’t take it so literally. It's not, because the Malthusian trap was all too real going into modernity, as in recurring famin
by paganel 6mo ago
> The general point is accurate, don’t take it so literally.
It's not, because the Malthusian trap was all too real going into modernity, as in recurring famines were a thing, they were quite real, nothing "literal" about them.
- eru 6mo agoCompare https://fass.nus.edu.sg/ecs/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/06/15-10-015.pdf https://fass.nus.edu.sg/ecs/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/...
- paganel 6mo agoFirst of all, the study is written by an economist, might as well have sent me an Oracle of Delphi pronouncement. And second, he mentions the Malthusian trap being a real thing in his very first sentence, so not sure what I should have gotten out of this.
- eru 6mo agoYou could read the whole abstract. Or ask Deep Seek to explain it to you.