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As long as man was small in numbers and limited in technology, he could realistically regard the earth as an infinite reservoir, an infinite source of inputs and an infinite cesspool for outputs. Today we can no longer

As long as man was small in numbers and limited in technology, he could realistically regard the earth as an infinite reservoir, an infinite source of inputs and an infinite cesspool for outputs. Today we can no longer make this assumption. Earth has become a space ship, not only in our imagination but also in the hard realities of the social, biological, and physical system in which man is enmeshed.

Kenneth E. Boulding
Technology, Reality, Men

We should always bear in mind that numbers represent a simplification of reality.

Kenneth E. Boulding
Reality, Numbers, Mind
Kenneth E. Boulding (1990). “Three Faces of Power”, p.96, SAGE

Reality, in its quantitative aspect, must be considered as a system of populations... The general study of the equilibria and dynamics of populations seems to have no name; but as it has probably reached its highest development in the biological study known as 'ecology,' this name may well be given to it.

Kenneth E. Boulding
Reality, Names, Population
"A Reconstruction of Economics". Book by Kenneth Ewart Boulding, p. 5, 1950.

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