ABSTRACT
In the 1960s, rapid population growth had many people worried-and some made their concerns known. One of those was Paul Ehrlich. Earlier in the year that Hardin published his essay, Erlich turned out a book that received much notice: The Population Bomb. To set the stage, Hardin makes the basic observation ‘that the world available to the terrestrial human population is finite’ (1968, p. 1243). Moreover, he predicts that, with foreseeable technology, the next few generations will face increasing human misery. There is no technical solution, Hardin claims, and ‘space is no escape’ (1968, p. 1243).
