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“Can you think of any problem, in any area of human endeavour, on any scale, from microscopic to global, whose long-term solution is in any demonstrable way aided, assisted, or advanced by further increases in population, locally, nationally, or globally?”

Quote by Albert Allen Bartlett

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Albert Allen Bartlett

Albert Allen Bartlett was a scholar in an unknown field. He was born on March 21, 1923, and passed away on September 7, 2013. Due to limited information, details about his life, achievements, and impact are unclear. more

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