In A Finite World This Means That

What Features Of Your Daily Life Do You Expect To Be Improved By A Further Increase In Population?

The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Describes The Family As The Natural And Fundamental Unit Of Society. It Follows That Any Choice And Decision With Regard To The Size Of The Family Must Irrevocably Rest With The Family Itself, And Cannot Be Made By Anyone Else.

Of Course, A Positive Growth Rate Might Be Taken As Evidence That A Population Is Below Its Optimum.

The Rational Herdsman Concludes That The Only Sensible Course For Him To Pursue Is To Add Another Animal To His Herd. And Another; And Another . . . But This Is The Conclusion Reached By Each And Every Rational Herdsman Sharing A Commons. Therein Is The Tragedy. Each Man Is Locked Into A System That Compels Him To Increase His Herd Without Limit — In A World That Is Limited. Ruin Is The Destination Toward Which All Men Rush, Each Pursuing His Own Best Interest In A Society That Believes In The Freedom Of The Commons. Freedom In A Commons Brings Ruin To All.

The Exquisite Sight, Sound, And Smell Of Wilderness Is Many Times More Powerful If It Is Earned Through Physical Achievement, If It Comes At The End Of A Long And Fatiguing Trip For Which Vigorous Good Health Is Necessary. Practically Speaking, This Means That No One Should Be Able To Enter A Wilderness By Mechanical Means.