> ... our problems in the future will be due to underpopulation, not overpopulation. Climate change... will most likely be solved by more people creating more innovations in energy, not by preventing more people from living longer lives.
Here is an odd question: why are people so obsessed over overpopulation and its consequences then when the evidence is not even there? And why would tech-centric solutions considered null and void?
Hypothesis A: demographic displacement by places with lower aptitudes hinders green innovation adoption and stresses public resources specifically tailored for native persons reproduction. The doom loop goes as follows (a) low reproductive rate due to adjustment to the economy, (b) non-selective importation of migrants, (c) uneducated/uncivil migrants out-breeding the local population, (d) the economy is stressed by public fund demands. https://archive.ph/8THZIhttps://archive.ph/MP0N6
Hypothesis B: the reason people are calling for population control is due to instinctual worries of displacement, NOT "overpopulation" in its literal sense, however (a) people from underdeveloped nations have known to avoid birth control measures for other reasons, (b) developed nations' proclivity towards non-discriminative language leads to mismatch in factual reality. simply put, given the same economic environment, there is a negative relationship between education and socio-sexuality, and by extension between education and reproductive rate. https://archive.ph/t2k8whttps://archive.ph/xakaB
> Progress in anti-aging may only entrench our gerontocracy, which could make it harder for younger people to rise up.
This is the other crux of the problem, if displacement is such a problem, why aren't the government attempt to fix it? Simply put concentration of political power triumphs over the needs of the people, and maintenance of power by any means necessary will be used til the power bubble pops.
We are at the peak of "elite overproduction" where extreme inequality, wealth concentration in the 0.1~1%, and credentialism manifesting as stress within the next 10~20%, are the name of the game, and often paired with decreased wellbeing of the masses. This type of problem happens about every 100~110 years, and the last two time manifested as the "Springtime of Nations" (e.g. France) and the revolutionary wave between 1917~1923 (e.g. Russia).
The main reason behind luddism against biotech, is that the upper middle and "comfortable" middle classes can sense the further squeezing of tech as means of sustaining this inequality. Of course biotech egalitarianism should be a thing soon but the justified but misplaced sentiment hinting of more deeply rooted political/organizational problem.
What’s the point of struggling to increase our lives by say 10 or 20 years in the backdrop of a century, or a millennium, or a million years? God created us for eternity. Where we spend it is up to us. “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28
> ... our problems in the future will be due to underpopulation, not overpopulation. Climate change... will most likely be solved by more people creating more innovations in energy, not by preventing more people from living longer lives.
Here is an odd question: why are people so obsessed over overpopulation and its consequences then when the evidence is not even there? And why would tech-centric solutions considered null and void?
Hypothesis A: demographic displacement by places with lower aptitudes hinders green innovation adoption and stresses public resources specifically tailored for native persons reproduction. The doom loop goes as follows (a) low reproductive rate due to adjustment to the economy, (b) non-selective importation of migrants, (c) uneducated/uncivil migrants out-breeding the local population, (d) the economy is stressed by public fund demands. https://archive.ph/8THZI https://archive.ph/MP0N6
Hypothesis B: the reason people are calling for population control is due to instinctual worries of displacement, NOT "overpopulation" in its literal sense, however (a) people from underdeveloped nations have known to avoid birth control measures for other reasons, (b) developed nations' proclivity towards non-discriminative language leads to mismatch in factual reality. simply put, given the same economic environment, there is a negative relationship between education and socio-sexuality, and by extension between education and reproductive rate. https://archive.ph/t2k8w https://archive.ph/xakaB
> Progress in anti-aging may only entrench our gerontocracy, which could make it harder for younger people to rise up.
This is the other crux of the problem, if displacement is such a problem, why aren't the government attempt to fix it? Simply put concentration of political power triumphs over the needs of the people, and maintenance of power by any means necessary will be used til the power bubble pops.
We are at the peak of "elite overproduction" where extreme inequality, wealth concentration in the 0.1~1%, and credentialism manifesting as stress within the next 10~20%, are the name of the game, and often paired with decreased wellbeing of the masses. This type of problem happens about every 100~110 years, and the last two time manifested as the "Springtime of Nations" (e.g. France) and the revolutionary wave between 1917~1923 (e.g. Russia).
The main reason behind luddism against biotech, is that the upper middle and "comfortable" middle classes can sense the further squeezing of tech as means of sustaining this inequality. Of course biotech egalitarianism should be a thing soon but the justified but misplaced sentiment hinting of more deeply rooted political/organizational problem.
Reference to other articles https://peterturchin.com/age-of-discord https://archive.ph/ZEksV https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-elite-overproduction-hypothesis https://ctas.substack.com/p/the-semi-rich-and-elite-overproduction
What’s the point of struggling to increase our lives by say 10 or 20 years in the backdrop of a century, or a millennium, or a million years? God created us for eternity. Where we spend it is up to us. “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28