mkotova
10-03-2013, 10:13 PM
Imagine you are in the year 1798 and you are Thomas Robert Malthus. The Industrial Revolution in England has only begun a couple of years ago in 1785. Malthus argued in his essay, "On Population" that a perfect world isn’t possible due to the Earth being a set size and the population increasing constantly.
Now, imagine you are Malthus and you have somehow been transported to today, the year 2013. How would Malthus react? More importantly, do you think his argument would change at all? Can an imperfect world become perfect?
Now, imagine you are Malthus and you have somehow been transported to today, the year 2013. How would Malthus react? More importantly, do you think his argument would change at all? Can an imperfect world become perfect?