Why the Doomsday Paper Added a Collaboration Term to Logistic Growth
csvoss · x · 2026-11-11
csvoss explains the paper's motivation: the textbook logistic population model includes a competition term, so the authors argued it was only fair to add a term for humanity's drive to collectively improve its condition — citing urbanization and the development of mass communication as evidence.
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