His best-selling 1968 book, which forecast global famines, made him a leader of the environmental movement. But he faced criticism when his predictions proved premature.
Paul R. Ehrlich, Who Alarmed the World With ‘The Population Bomb,’ Dies at 93
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nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 5 days ago
“Premature?” Are you kidding me? Looking at the actual data, the word is “Wrong”
He didn’t anticipate how productive and urban society became, how people who didn’t need to make babies to work farms would choose not to have them (at least not so many esp in crowded spaces)
His simple linear extrapolation was bold, stinulated a lot of important thinking, but was wrong