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Less than replacement means we go extinct eventually and while that is happening we don't have enough people to support those that leave the workforce as they a
by spullara 4y ago
Less than replacement means we go extinct eventually and while that is happening we don't have enough people to support those that leave the workforce as they age.
- trhway 4y agoAutomation is the answer. Food, housing, medical care are the main things for the aged out for the society to take are about. Automation will solve food. Less people less housing needed. And the medical care productivity will be significantly improved by the automation. Currently growing population seems to still be an economically net-positive thing as we still need people in order to do new and bigger things. I think though that soon it will become net-negative as average person's total lifetime productivity will be losing to automation and you don't need 20+ years to start the robot up and 20+ years to take care about that robot once it got worn out. In that situation we'd better have less people yet more educated, trained etc. in order to be productive beyond what is replaceable by more and more automation.
- adrianN 4y agoJust like "more than replacement" doesn't necessarily lead to Malthusian apocalypse, "less than replacement" doesn't necessarily lead to extinction. We have a largish number of generations to change the birthrate before either happens.