The Population Bomb Quotes

“In brief, death control goes with the grain, birth control against it.”
― Paul R. Ehrlich, The Population Bomb

“Culture can be loosely defined as the body of non-genetic information which people pass from generation to generation.”
― Paul R. Ehrlich, The Population Bomb

“The day may come when the obese people of the world must give up diets, since metabolizing their fat deposits will lead to DDT poisoning. But, on the bright side, it is clear that fewer and fewer people in the future will be obese!”
― Paul R. Ehrlich, The Population Bomb

“Interstellar transport for surplus people presents an musing perspective. Since the ships would take generations to reach most stars, the only people who could be transported would be those willing to exercise strict birth control. Population explosions on space ships would be disastrous. Thus we would have to export our responsible people, leaving the irresponsible at home on Earth to breed.”
― Paul R. Ehrlich, The Population Bomb