Day 1,435: detonate

Unexpected productivity advances meant that demographic time-bombs, such as the mass starvation predicted by Thomas Malthus in the 18th century, failed to detonate.

Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic consequences

Artwork of the day 
https://www.artmajeur.com/pcity77/ja/artworks/12740546/detonate

Word of the day 
detonate: to (cause something to) explode

Quote of the day
“When my old life died, it didn’t go quietly. It detonated.”
― Christina Lauren, Beautiful Stranger