Was Malthus right about carrying capacity?

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🗓️ 9 June 2011

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

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 find out.

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