HIS-3464 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Population Bomb, Rachel Carson, Thomas Robert Malthus
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Thomas malthus: population will eventually be more than the amount of resources. Why didn"t it happen: fertilizer was able to produce more food than before, warfare, people are not eating well, disease are the point of crisis and some of these thing did happen. Some people thought it was the thing that malthus said but other just thought there were other explanation for the situations. Writes the population bomb in 1968: criticizes that you guys are all concerned about the atomic bomb but the population can also kill you as much. The sierra club (remember john muir) approached him. Neo-malthusian: population is outpacing our abilities to maintain resources. Argues that by the year 2000, there will be apocalyptic conditions. Many within the scientific community back him. People will adopt: called people the ultimate resource . He is a cornucopian : when he sees the world around him, he sees an abundant of resources. Ehrlich and simon make a gentleman"s bet.
