What about the other elephant in the room ? We appear to be in a second demographic transition. This time instead of going from high birthrates to low, we're go

What about the other elephant in the room ? We appear to be in a second demographic transition. This time instead of going from high birthrates to low, we're going from replacement birthrates to shrinking population. This then results in the need for increased scale, increased productivity, and indeed, the need for innovation disappearing altogether.