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Malthus seemed to imagine every method of population control other than the one that actually happened: Mass education leading to a revision of the social struc
by cbd1984 12y ago
Malthus seemed to imagine every method of population control other than the one that actually happened: Mass education leading to a revision of the social structure such that overpopulation was no longer inherent in the expectations underlying the family unit.
That neatly side-steps the Malthusian catastrophe, something which I'm sure drives the current crop of Malthusians to tears.
- junto 12y agoThere are still Malthusians? Seriously?
- cbd1984 12y agohttp://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Hard_green http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Hard_green http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_ethics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_ethics They don't call themselves Malthusians as such, but their ethics can only be understood by assuming a Malthusian premise. Some people actually are disheartened by the idea that humans might be able to find a sustainable way without a massive die-off: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Pentti_Linkola http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Pentti_Linkola