Overpopulation is a controversial topic with certain grim implications. These ideas were first popularized by economist Thomas Malthusin 1798 when the world's population was around one billion people. Although Malthus was clearly wrong, proven by the fact that our global population is currently around 7.6 billion and we already grow enough food for 10 billion people, his ideas persist and are resurgent in our society and national conversations.

Peter Coffin joins Jules for a conversation about all the ways a social critique from an angle of overpopulation is problematic, and ultimately promulgates a world view that is reductive, utilitarian, harsh, and inhumane.

Peter Coffin's Video: Overpopulation is Bullcrap

Follow Peter Coffin: Twitter @petercoffin, Low Society Podcast, Peter Coffin on YouTube, Buy his book: Custom Reality and You, Patreon

Music by: Self-Taut

*This episode was recorded during a rainstorm so there are some audio glitches that happen on Jules' end but they do not last the entire conversation.

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