PSCI 3064 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fear Mongering, System Dynamics, The Population Bomb
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Food supply increases in a linear fashion, while population increases exponentially. Crisis = when population exceeds food production. Neo-malthusianism people seek answers do about it knowledge: malthusian explanation, realization of trap. Paul ehrlich published _the population bomb) to raise awareness of and public concern surrounding increases in population and the link with the environment. Why (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:888)(cid:882)"s: crop failures, loss of agricultural land poverty/starvation : fairly fatally ambiguous hundreds of millions will starve, nothing to, vague prescription refuses ideas/values/priorities in the face of, main criticism: (cid:498)shouting(cid:499) apocalyptic ideology (exaggeration) Web of cause/effect relationships between population and: mix of scientists, politicians, and philanthropists. From systems theory ecology sectors of societies. Example: rise in population rise in urban development rise in population lowers in biodiversity, etc. Mit modeled interactions between variables, ran future projections for 12 scenarios (7 end in collapse) Book released in spring 1972, sold 12 million copies.