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> The scenario he created (everyone works, then everyone retires) has never and will never happen. It can happen in a generation, if all of that generation dec

by csomar 1y ago

> The scenario he created (everyone works, then everyone retires) has never and will never happen. It can happen in a generation, if all of that generation decides to have zero offspring. This is why it is happening in slow motion. There are still people having kids but not enough for sustaining the current population levels. > We're all related. We are also related to bugs. Humans generally care for their very close relatives (kids -> parents -> cousins...) and emotionally care for the rest of humans.

timschmidt 1y ago
> It can happen in a generation, if all of that generation decides to have zero offspring. All of humanity has never decided to do the same thing ever. Society follows a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution , and there will always be folks who decide to do other than everyone else. Oppositional defiant disorder is a thing. You're living in imaginary land. > We are also related to bugs. Yes. And many very intelligent people besides myself think that we should be taking better care of the environment and all the other creatures in it besides ourselves as well.