REM@MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP (09/18/83)
From: Robert Elton Maas <REM @ MIT-MC>
This is not a complete answer, but whereas on Earth the habitable
area (or volume) roughly doubled at each major new discovery ("New World"
for example), in space we suddenly have several orders of magnitude
more habitable area (or volume). This may constitute a qualative
change in the relationship between population and habitat which could
break the overpopulated-poverty cycle (overpopulated --> nearly
everybody poor --> gotta have lots of children so maybe one will
survive --> more overpopulation).