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Optimism Is a Moral Obligation

In a world of Ehrlichs, be a Simon

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JA Westenberg
Oct 09, 2026
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In 1968, the biologist Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb. He told readers that hundreds of millions of people would starve to death in the 1970s, whatever…

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