It is so nice NJ, that you are a glass half full kind of person.
It is definitely true that we have more than the 1789 population liveing well.
We also have more than the 1789 population starving.
We also have much, much less available untapped land resource (among others) to use. In fact there is very nearly none.
We have much, much, much less ocean resource to use. In fact the available spare amount is negative -- we are way over exploiting the sea.
The Malthus limit isn't reached like the edge of a cliff at one calendar day sometime. We are over it but we are running on momentum.
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