1) Malthus explains the world 2) Capitalism solves Malthusianism 3) Progressive meta-Malthus relaxation 'solves' capitalism 4) [We are here]
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Replying to @Thoma_Valiant
Planetary "finitude" is a pre-Malthusian concern. Topic is differential. Dynamic balance of productive capacity to resource requirements.
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Replying to @Outsideness @Thoma_Valiant
... There's no reference to finitude in Malthus. Only the relation between an arithmetical and geometrical progression.
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Replying to @Outsideness @Thoma_Valiant
Malthus was and is wrong. The truth is that both production and population can expand geometrically for a while, but both are limited.
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Replying to @PoisonAero @Thoma_Valiant
Malthus is trivially wrong, but profoundly right. All vital processes tend inexorably towards the limit where harsh selection applies.
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Replying to @Outsideness @Thoma_Valiant
The point that there is a limit is obviously true and has profound implications, but as you pointed out, that wasn't what Malthus said.
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The "trivially wrong" part is that he thought the demography-agriculture relation fully captured the abstract dynamic he was investigating.
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