3 ms·
western countries have 2 ways forward: a) invest in artificial wombs and b) invest massively on longevity research
by buboard 8y ago
western countries have 2 ways forward: a) invest in artificial wombs and b) invest massively on longevity research
- jessaustin 8y agoLongevity makes all of these problems worse. It has other benefits, of course, but it isn't a solution in this case.
- buboard 8y agoincrease of the healthspan is a way to avert the collapse of social-security etc.
- jessaustin 8y agoIs "healthspan" an attempt to move the goalpost from "longevity"? I'll allow it, if you can give me any reason to suspect that these additional old folks will be contributing to entitlement programs rather than depending on them. I meet lots of people in their seventies. There are more of them every day. The majority would be in serious trouble if social security were taken away from them. (If the racists have their way with respect to immigration, change that to will be, when.)
- mjevans 8y agoI don't want a "Brave New World" future... but it really does seem like we're hurtling towards that book + 1984 at this rate. Can we please have a full-tilt space race to get an out of solar system backup.
- buboard 8y agothen you would need the wombs even more
- black-tea 8y agoSince the invention of farming, through to the invention of the washing machine men have been gradually making women more and more redundant. With artificial wombs and realistic VR sex it would be complete. This is a difficult thing to think about and I know I risk my account here just by posting this, but I like to constantly challenge myself.