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The Last Archive

CHAPTER

The Limits to Growth

In 1972, one of the best-selling books in the world was called The Limits to Growth. Paul Erlich predicted there'd be mass death from starvation because there were just too many people. He spoke all over the world and went on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show 18 times. A movie called Soilint Green opens with a documentary montage of overpopulation and pollution.

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