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> levels the playing field for newborns We see the effects of longer, more productive lives already in youth unemployment and property prices. It may not be un
by marquis 12y ago
> levels the playing field for newborns
We see the effects of longer, more productive lives already in youth unemployment and property prices. It may not be until the post-boomer generation that we adjust to this. Perhaps there is a historical period where a generation has lived far longer than the few preceding it, from which we can get an idea how society managed?
- sliverstorm 12y agoThe historical problem is too many children surviving childhood. The oldest son gets the farm, the youngest gets nothing. The solutions have been things like: - subdivide the property (not sustainable) - The younger son goes to the military, or the frontier, or... - The younger son courts a daughter in a family with no sons
- mjevans 12y agoThere are only three possible outcomes. - Increase the death rate (war, disease, etc) - Establish an equilibrium and plan for a given number of living beings, preventing the formation of new ones until there are free resources. (Attempting to defy this will lead to the previous or next outcome.) - Expand in to new areas to provide more SPACE!
- bryanlarsen 12y agoIt's a historical problem, it's already been solved in developing countries. Nothing drastic, just dropping the birth rate below 2.1.
- bryanlarsen 12y agoIt's a historical problem, it's already been solved in developing countries. Nothing drastic, just dropping the birth rate below 2.1.
- baddox 12y agoIs giving more inheritance to the oldest child still a thing?