Marian Tupy - Are We Better Off Than Before?
The Curious Task - A podcast by Institute for Liberal Studies - Wednesdays
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Alex speaks with Marian Tupy about the notion that human progress has increased quality of life worldwide for centuries, making today the greatest time to be alive in the history of human life (in spite of what you may have heard elsewhere). Episode Notes: - Marian's book "Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet" on Amazon Canada: https://a.co/d/boeFBP3 - Marian's profile and bio on the FEE website: https://fee.org/people/marian-l-tupy/ - An article breaking down the Malthusian thinking in the Avengers movie referenced by Marian https://carnegiemnh.org/defeating-thanos-and-his-malthusian-mission-of-population-control/ - A Youtube video giving some history and context for the Simon - Ehrlich bet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw2mn40BVo0
