SYSK Selects: Was Malthus right about carrying capacity?

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 22 September 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Thomas Malthus concluded that humanity is bound to outgrow Earth's carrying capacity. The prediction was based on humanity's exponential growth and the linear growth of the food supply -- but was he correct? Tune in to this classic episode to find out.

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0:31.1	Hi everybody, Chuck here.
0:32.5	Good morning or good afternoon wherever this finds you on your Saturday.
0:35.9	Hope you're enjoying yourself.
0:37.7	And I have a nice selection for you from July 2011 for this Saturday select was
0:43.4	Malthus Wright about carrying capacity.
0:46.9	What is that all about, you say?
0:48.9	What am I talking about?
0:50.3	Who's this Malthus?
0:51.8	Well all the answers are right here.
0:53.3	It's a really interesting one.
0:55.0	And here's what I say.
0:56.9	If you don't know what any of those words mean, the side firm was right and about.
1:02.8	Then listen right now because you're about to learn something cool.
1:05.7	July 9th 2011 was Malthus Wright about carrying capacity.
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