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