In the 1960s and ’70s, his arguments also resonated on the left, including with the head of a powerful environmental group.
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Paul R. Ehrlich will be remembered as a scientist whose books about population and threats to the environment shaped the idea of limited growth in the modern era.
Using the right metaphor in science is important.
Author and ecologist Paul Ehrlich told Q&A that humans, on average, have associated with only about 150 other people for millions of years. Is that right?
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