35 sats \ 26 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 May \ on: If AI becomes a "smarter species" do humans need to care about fertility decline culture
I don't think we need population growth for humanity to continue prospering as it is.
As I see it, the issue is more that the purpose of prosperity is to enable human flourishing. Less people, means less flourishing (other things equal).
Do you think the world will be a better place with less people?
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Not in general. It would be a better place without a small number of particular people, though.
Yes. We shall find out next year after ww3 breaks out. It will be much worse for a time, and then better, for the survivors.
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No way WW3 is happening.
Its just a small skirmish.
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I’m afraid it’s more likely that you believe. We can only hope it’s a minor conflict. But no, it’s all looking more like a global conflict between bifurcated economies that will take out a large slice of the world population.
Which is sad because we just got through a “once in a generation” pandemic only blow ourselves up with the weapons of war.
History repeats itself in cycles.
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Not only do I agree that WW III is likely, I think we’re probably already in it.
Remember that the date given in hindsight for both previous world wars is long before anyone thought they were in such a conflict.
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Even you believe there will be a WW3?
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Yeah, I think we're in it already and have been for a few years.
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I think you are right.
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China+Russia vs NATO.
Other belligerents will take sides in the conflict, as in ww2.
“Everywhere”
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It didn't the last two times either.