“Mr. Ehrlich, a biologist specializing in butterflies, became famous in the 1970s after publishing ‘The Population Bomb’ (1968), in which he updated the 19th-century projections of Thomas Malthus—people were overbreeding, the supply of food and resources couldn’t possibly keep up—and dialed the calamity to 11. Within a few short years, hundreds of millions of people would starve to death as civilization unraveled. Or so predicted Mr. Ehrlich. ‘The Population Bomb’ was reprinted 22 times in the first three years alone, and its author would appear as Johnny Carson’s guest on ‘The Tonight Show’ at least 20 times.”

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