Thursday, 16 March 2017

Overpopulation: the life and death of a meme

Cassandra's Legacy





The idea that overpopulation is a problem for humankind seems to be wholly out of fashion, nowadays. It is an impression confirmed by the results of a Google Ngram search (see above). The term "overpopulation" reached a popularity peak in the 1970s, then it started a decline that's still ongoing. You can see the same behavior with concepts such as "birth control" and you can also see it for more recent times using "google trends."


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