Manifesto of the Cornucopians -- a coda about Space Colonization

Robert Mitchell remarks, in re a conversation about the Malthusian limits on human population growth:

You don't have to see the worlds wilderness converted to farm land. There is lots of room in the oceans, and if we get enough surplus, L-5 colonies, the Moon, Venus, Mars, and more. All of this is possible with current technology. If you are worried about things going wrong, then we definitely need more people. More people = more surplus = spaceflight = terraforming. There will always be...