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← A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero

9 connected korrents · 8 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 7 Oct 2025.

Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero A finite world can support only a finitepopulation, so population growth musteventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Other, more precious freedoms can be preserved only by giving up the freedom to breed, and soon — tap to centre the map on it Other, more precious freedoms can bepreserved only by giving up thefreedom to breed, and soon Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The population problem cannot be solved in a technical way — tap to centre the map on it The population problem cannot besolved in a technical way Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Amazon is a relatively environmentally clean company on a per-dollar basis because of its operational efficiency. — tap to centre the map on it Amazon is a relativelyenvironmentally clean company on aper-dollar basis because of itsoperational efficiency. Last stated 12 months ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Governments should pay a lot for children and let the people who respond reveal which cultural compromises are acceptable, rather than deciding in advance which value to give up. — tap to centre the map on it Governments should pay a lot forchildren and let the people whorespond reveal which culturalcompromises are acceptable, ratherthan deciding in advance which valueto give up. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Oct 2023 RH Robin Hanson — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Improving entertainment technology raises the bar parenthood has to clear, because people have children when it looks more fun than the alternatives. — tap to centre the map on it Improving entertainment technologyraises the bar parenthood has toclear, because people have childrenwhen it looks more fun than thealternatives. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people should get married and have kids much earlier than the current average, and have more of them. — tap to centre the map on it Most people should get married andhave kids much earlier than thecurrent average, and have more ofthem. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Jan 2025 KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2024-12-29 — tap for who they are KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2025-01-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero Last stated 13 Dec 1968 · 58 years ago Holds Garrett Hardin Read this korrent →