I think thats missing the point though: on average, in the US at least, quality of life is going _down_ from one generation to the next. I understand what you'r

I think thats missing the point though: on average, in the US at least, quality of life is going _down_ from one generation to the next. I understand what you're saying but that fact alone should indicate something is very wrong with the system. Creating even more people for the next generation (with a potentially worse outlook than their millenial parents) is doing them a disservice, not to mention many of the amazing things you mentioned worth having actually only get to be worked on by a very small minority of people in the long run. I'm in the camp currently that quality can trump quantity. We can have fewer people but improve living standards through automation and education. Not only that, fewer people means less competition for doing those kinds of amazing things you mentioned.