Abstract
In 1960 Heinz von Foerster challenged the prevailing Malthusian models of human population growth. He advanced the view that mankind's ability to solve the problems associated with the world's growing population would stay well ahead of the growth in that population. Thus a world which was formerly projected to be threatened by growing resource shortages was projected to be threatened by a lack of physical space in which to enjoy an abundance. The paper which follows revisits the work and affirms its importance to an understanding of the current debate on sustainability. The passing years have done much to accentuate the importance of von Foerster's insights. The coalitions of the Internet are seen as a further evolution of the communication coalitions which underlie his view of the population problem.
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