- Paul R. Ehrlich predicted that the world would experience famines sometime between 1970 and 1985 due to population growth outstripping resources. -How did he become head of anything with these predictions? Especially at Stanford. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/paul_r._ehrlich 7 comments science
Linking pages
- How 1960s Mouse Utopias Led to Grim Predictions for Future of Humanity | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-mouse-utopias-1960s-led-grim-predictions-humans-180954423/ 50 comments
- It's time to consider restricting human breeding | WIRED UK http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-08/14/time-to-restrict-human-breeding 26 comments
- Why Paul Ehrlich got everything wrong - by Noah Smith https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/why-paul-ehrlich-got-everything-wrong 13 comments
- Nearly 300 scientists ask the WTO to ban harmful fisheries subsidies | Sea Around Us https://www.seaaroundus.org/three-hundred-scientists-ask-the-wto-to-ban-harmful-fisheries-subsidies/ 7 comments
- Metamagical Themas: Sanity and Survival · Gwern.net http://www.gwern.net/docs/xrisks/1985-hofstadter 7 comments
- Why are birthrates falling around the world? Blame television. - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/13/why-are-birthrates-falling-around-the-world-in-a-word-television/ 7 comments
- How 1960s Mouse Utopias Led to Grim Predictions for Future of Humanity | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-mouse-utopias-1960s-led-grim-predictions-humans-180954423/?no-ist= 0 comments
- When Insurance Fraud is Profitable for Society https://jjpryor.substack.com/p/when-insurance-fraud-is-profitable 0 comments
- Metamagical Themas: Sanity and Survival · Gwern.net http://www.gwern.net/docs/1985-hofstadter 0 comments
- High Rise to the end of the world: a brief history of overpopulation panic | Population | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/apr/15/high-rise-to-the-end-of-the-world-a-brief-history-of-overpopulation-panic 0 comments
- Trusted #001 - Navigating AI Safety: Exploring the Spectrum of Perspectives on Our Future https://trustedtech.substack.com/p/trusted-001-navigating-ai-safety 0 comments