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billswift comments on Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist [link] - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: billswift 13 April 2012 01:23:54PM 2 points [-]

As I remember, Robin argued that we will be living in a Malthusian society, not a static one. In a Malthusian society, population growth keeps the per capita resources at a subsistence level, but the overall society continues to grow.