It was published in 1931, wasn't it? Kinda hard to judge someone for diction choices made over 90 years ago. I wonder what derogatory but presently acceptable words we use will be regarded as terrible slurs in 2100.

This is directly analogous to physics

Population is displacement

Growth rate is velocity

Growth rate peaking means acceleration is 0

So the article *title says acceleration will have fallen to zero by the time displacement is 8.6 billion

"look how dangerous these books are -- they incur bomb threats from psychopaths!"

"but you're the psychopaths who made the bomb threat"

"so?"

It's always a coin flip whether the "wtf are these prices" comments or the ones sucking off the restaurant industry will prevail.

Financial consequences of blatantly breaking the law * (1 - chance that they can make it a big enough pain in the ass to sue them that no suits go anywhere) < cost of workers unionizing

I wonder what class that shows up in in a business major