Portrait of Paul Ehrlich

Paul Ehrlich

Biologist
Born: May 29, 1932

Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population Studies of the Department of Biology of Stanford University. Ehrlich became well known for the controversial 1968 book The Population Bomb, which he co-authored with his wife Anne H. Ehrlich, in which they famously stated that “in the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now.”

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Francis Heylighen, Shima Beigi and Clément Vidal

The Third Story of the Universe

Religion said “God did it.” Science said “physics did it—deal with it.” Neither told you why to get out of bed. The Third Story says the universe has been self-organizing toward consciousness since the Big Bang, and you’re a neuron in a waking planetary brain. Your purpose? More synergy, less friction. The cosmos is becoming. Join in.