"We believe the global population can quite easily expand to 50 billion people or more, and then far beyond that as we ultimately settle other planets." And wh

"We believe the global population can quite easily expand to 50 billion people or more, and then far beyond that as we ultimately settle other planets." And who's going to have these kids? Because it's become clear that 50B is never going to happen. Humans--really women--have no desire to procreate and spread across the galaxy in that way... at least not if you also support -- as andreessen says he does in the same manifesto -- human intelligence. "We are told to denounce our birthright – our intelligence, our control over nature, our ability to build a better world." ... "Our present society has been subjected to a mass demoralization campaign for six decades – against technology and against life – under varying names like 'existential risk', 'sustainability', 'ESG', 'Sustainable Development Goals', ..." Control over nature -- big claim for a species living through one of the biggest mass extinction events in earth's history. Andreessen's clearly a gambling man... but this time he gambles with the existence of human beings.. telling us to ignore the very fears that drive us to solve the problems we face, betting even without the threat of death, technology will save us from ourselves. You think you're in control, right up until the hurricane comes and you run for your life, coming back only to see what it left for you to salvage.