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← Godwin's equal society, if established, would collapse from population growth within thirty years

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 26 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under family family Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under government government Everything filed under immigration immigration Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Godwin's equal society, if established, would collapse from population growth within thirty years Godwin's equal society, if established,would collapse from population growthwithin thirty years TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: Founding a government wholly on either numerical or proportional equality is a mistake — tap to centre the map on it Founding a government wholly oneither numerical or proportionalequality is a mistake AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: No society can flourish when most of its members are poor, and those who feed and house everyone deserve to be decently fed and housed — tap to centre the map on it No society can flourish when most ofits members are poor, and those whofeed and house everyone deserve tobe decently fed and housed Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: For an equal society the population difficulty would be immediate, not a remote one — tap to centre the map on it For an equal society the populationdifficulty would be immediate, not aremote one TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: Falling birth rates make a society less able to be hopeful, because nihilism creeps in when people have no stake in the future. — tap to centre the map on it Falling birth rates make a societyless able to be hopeful, becausenihilism creeps in when people haveno stake in the future. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Where equality is lasting, great revolutions will be harder and rarer than people suppose — tap to centre the map on it Where equality is lasting, greatrevolutions will be harder and rarerthan people suppose AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will have ten times the impact of the Industrial Revolution and arrive ten times faster, which is what will make it hard for society to absorb. — tap to centre the map on it AI will have ten times the impact ofthe Industrial Revolution and arriveten times faster, which is what willmake it hard for society to absorb. Last stated a year ago 23 Jul 2025 DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one born into civilization should be worse off than if born before it began — tap to centre the map on it No one born into civilization shouldbe worse off than if born before itbegan TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rich, seeking only their own ends, are led to share necessities nearly as an equal division would — tap to centre the map on it The rich, seeking only their ownends, are led to share necessitiesnearly as an equal division would AS Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city is a natural creation, and humans are by nature political animals — tap to centre the map on it A city is a natural creation, andhumans are by nature politicalanimals AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A household mistress should know enough medicine to be a judicious nurse — tap to centre the map on it A household mistress should knowenough medicine to be a judiciousnurse MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1787 — tap for who they are Same subject: A labourer who marries without means to support a family is in some respects an enemy to other labourers — tap to centre the map on it A labourer who marries without meansto support a family is in somerespects an enemy to other labourers TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it A border wall through Big Bend wouldbe a monument to corruption thatmakes no one safer. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 JT James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career path becomes popular when it offers clear, prescribed rules that can simply be decoded and followed. — tap to centre the map on it A career path becomes popular whenit offers clear, prescribed rulesthat can simply be decoded andfollowed. Last stated 7 months ago 28 Mar 2026 PM Paul Millerd — holds since 2026-03-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law — tap to centre the map on it A clear path to citizenship forundocumented immigrants iscompatible with enforcing the law Last stated 13 years ago 30 May 2013 OW Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2013-05-30 — 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 a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Godwin's equal society, if established, would collapse from population growth within thirty years Last stated c. 1798 Holds Thomas Robert Malthus Read this korrent →