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comment by JakobVirgil
JakobVirgil  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Myth of Progress

Malthus's only mistake (I think) is his modeling agricultural advancement as linear.





b_b  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Linear may be incorrect, but the thrust of his argument was that the natural rate of population growth will outstrip the food supply. In that sense, as long as its a lower growth rate, then the argument holds (qualitatively), even if the particulars of his model were wrong, strictly speaking.

JakobVirgil  ·  4633 days ago  ·  link  ·  

exactly right in spirit but in his model the lines crossed to soon giving a very early date for the collapse. early like was already supposed to happen.