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> You don't get to have kids if you're going to live forever. Well, we can make it so that every human can have at most one child. If the rule is enforced perf
by fragsworth 11y ago
> You don't get to have kids if you're going to live forever.
Well, we can make it so that every human can have at most one child. If the rule is enforced perfectly, each generation will have at most half as many offspring, and the series sum of 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... is 1, leading to at most a doubling of the population, even if everyone lives forever.
- vectorjohn 11y agoHah, that's interesting. But that last person is going to feel ripped off. They can "accidentally" be born sterile. Shh, nobody tell.
- dorgo 11y agoIt may work as long as each child has more than one parent. And the last child born is not allowed to have children, because he/she cant find partner without children.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoAnother interesting idea for population control is giving every person the right to 3/4 of a child. A couple then has the right to 1.5 children, so they can have one child and sell the right to the remaining half, or they can buy the half they need to get two from another couple. Or even sell/buy 1.5. (This idea is from Kim Stanley Robinson's "Green Mars")