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When the great Reverend Thomas Malthus decided
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Interreflections

When the great ReverendThomas Malthus decided population would foreveroutpace resources,...

When the great Reverend
Thomas Malthus decided population would forever
outpace resources, only one billion existed

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When the great Reverend Thomas Malthus decided
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population would forever outpace resources,
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only one billion existed.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
02:08:24
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
fantasy, sci-fi
Production
Gentle Machine Productions LLC

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In a quest for a new, more humane society, a counter-culture revolution takes the world by storm. In the first of the InterReflections Trilogy, we look back to the modern world and wonder how it was we managed to survive as long as w
We're almost ten times that now despite his projections. - Interreflections 00:04
We're almost ten times that now despite his projections...
Second, in the modern era, - Interreflections 00:06
Second, in the modern era,
If the world ever did abolish it, increasing education, - Interreflections 00:09
If the world ever did abolish it, increasing education,
And third, you're completely disregarding - Interreflections 00:07
And third, you're completely disregarding
The Fullerian study was purely theoretical, John. - Interreflections 00:04
The Fullerian study was purely theoretical, John.
A model only possible if humans magically conform - Interreflections 00:08
A model only possible if humans magically conform
It required a completely egalitarian - Interreflections 00:06
It required a completely egalitarian
A fantasy given once again the reality of human nature. - Interreflections 00:05
A fantasy given once again the reality of human nature.
Not only can the Earth hold upwards of 30 billion, - Interreflections 00:08
Not only can the Earth hold upwards of 30 billion,
Yeah, again, assuming equal distribution, - Interreflections 00:05
Yeah, again, assuming equal distribution,
Infinite wants is a value disorder, - Interreflections 00:07
Infinite wants is a value disorder,
People are just as prone to be minimalist as they are materialist. - Interreflections 00:04
People are just as prone to be minimalist as they are materi...
Today, if people didn't have highly acquisitive values, - Interreflections 00:06
Today, if people didn't have highly acquisitive values,
You asked me what the Malthusian Mandate - Interreflections 00:05
You asked me what the Malthusian Mandate
Whether you like it or not, - Interreflections 00:05
Whether you like it or not,
- Tracking demographics and mechanisms? - We are. - Interreflections 00:05
- Tracking demographics and mechanisms? - We are.
As you'll notice conditions related to absolute - Interreflections 00:08
As you'll notice conditions related to absolute
And I see you're also tracking poverty related illness - Interreflections 00:05
And I see you're also tracking poverty related illness
With heart diseases, cancer and diabetes - Interreflections 00:11
With heart diseases, cancer and diabetes
Regional cycles of deprivation are like clockwork. - Interreflections 00:05
Regional cycles of deprivation are like clockwork.