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his dire predictions seem a bit weightier with a bunch of 750-year-olds running around. Not if those 750 year olds are in no hurry to have kids.
by michaelchisari 16y ago
his dire predictions seem a bit weightier with a bunch of 750-year-olds running around.
Not if those 750 year olds are in no hurry to have kids.
- rfrey 16y agoThey wouldn't have to be in a hurry, they'd just have to be interested - if everybody has one kid at 150 years old, that's still 50% population growth per year when it stabilizes. It's certainly possible that much of the impetus driving us to want children stems from our own mortality, so maybe many people wouldn't want kids after long life became the norm. Or, maybe the psychological imperative would decline enough that some sort of lottery system would actually be acceptable.
- michaelchisari 16y agoAnd where do you think technology and resource creation and allocation will be in 750 years?