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Re:Jevons Paradox by schiffern on Friday November 03, 2023 @12:33PM (#38131130)
He literally did. Read him. Malthus foresaw and mentioned the possibility of improved farming techniques. After all, it's not like improvements in farming hadn't happened before!

In reply to this predictable objection, Malthus..... well, I suppose you'll have to read it to find out. :)

https://archive.org/details/essayonprincipl00malt

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Re:Jevons Paradox by toolz on Friday November 03, 2023 @04:33PM (#38134617)
thank you for linking to source material, but I don't think it's very useful to reply with teasers expecting us to read a book to understand one tightly constrained topic of conversation/debate.
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