Population, Space, and Human Culture

Abstract

We, like all other forms of life, must maintain a working relationship with our environment. But while this relationship is still fairly simple and direct for all other organisms, ours is now maintained through each other, as a group, and through the patterns of behavior and the values of that group. This has given us a freedom of movement and expression that no other creature has, but, at the same time, it has also made us responsible for our own well-being. We must, therefore, seek to know ourselves and the world around us as best we can if we would insure the brightest possible future for mankind.