No, the World Is Not Heading Toward 'Mass Extinction'
Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.
Paul Ehrlich
60 Minutes Promotes Paul Ehrlich's Failed Doomsaying One More Time
The Population Bomber has never been right, but is never in doubt that the world is coming to its end.
The World Is Getting Better, Declare Op-Eds in Leading Newspapers
Doomslayer Julian Simon vindicated after 40 years.
Bioengineering Photosynthesis Boosts Crop Growth by 40 Percent
Malthusian predictions of global famines keep receding.
Resources Are Almost 5 Times as Abundant as They Were in 1980
New Simon Abundance Index elegantly refutes primitive zero-sum intuitions with respect to population and resource availability trends.
Thanos, the Villain in Infinity War, Is Just Another Environmentalist Worried About Overpopulation
The supervillain's master plan echoes the fears of "Population Bomb" author Paul Ehrlich.
Civilization Is Doomed, Says Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich (Again)
Half a century after The Population Bomb, Ehrlich still thinks global catastrophe is just around the corner.
The Amazing and Abundant Future
Ronald Bailey's 11-minute talk at Voice & Exit on the awesome 21st century.
Population Doomster Paul Ehrlich's New Forecast: 'Biological Annihilation'
New predictions of animal population doom are likely exaggerated.
Hey Population Doomsters. People Aren't Rats: New at Reason
Population density portends greater creativity, not collapse
Tom Hanks Endorses 'Malthusian Theory' of Overpopulation
Malthusianism might make a good movie plot, but it is just fiction.
A U.S. Department of the Future Is a Really Bad Idea
Unfortunately, there is no shortage of would-be Secretaries of the Future.
A U.S. Department of the Future Is a Really Bad Idea: New at Reason
Shooting down Kurt Vonnegut's proposal for a Secretary of the Future
The End is Nigh
A majority believes civilization could collapse and humans go extinct in the next 100 years.
Doomster Paul Ehrlich Unrepentant: "My language would be even more apocalyptic today."
And still just as wrong
More Efficient Photosynthesis Transferred From Corn Into Rice: Could Boost Yields 50 Percent
Malthusian doomsters foiled again.
It's Hard to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future
The new book Future Babble explains why dart-throwing monkeys are better at predicting the future than most pundits.