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Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 12/10/2024 14:23:07Rain doesn't always come where and when it's needed the most.Which is why it is a good idea to farm where the rain falls, save some produce for times when the harvest is poor, and limit your population to what you can feed.
Rain doesn't always come where and when it's needed the most.
Making babies, in a civilised society, is a voluntary act.
1 ≠ 02.5 = disaster
Quote from: alancalverd on 13/10/2024 17:32:18Making babies, in a civilised society, is a voluntary act.When no one in the society are willing to make babies, the society will collapse. Unless they can find an alternative way to go against death rate and degeneration rate of the population. Some people have been talking about longevity escape velocity.
What do those numbers represent?
Let's assume that the collapse of the society is considered a bad thing. Thus letting it happen can be seen as an immoral action.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 15/10/2024 14:31:02Let's assume that the collapse of the society is considered a bad thing. Thus letting it happen can be seen as an immoral action.Which is why a zero-cost do-nothing intervention to save and improve civilisation is a Good Thing. Except for parasites, of course.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 15/10/2024 14:26:55What do those numbers represent?reproduction rate, obviously.
absolute control over birthrate
So whilst there may be minor ripples and course corrections, the overall path to the objective can be achieved, modified, or abandoned, with adequate confidence.
A better life for our descendants.
Japan seems to be leading the way. And since it is a group of fertile, temperate islands, with a strong technological culture, it can provide a good model for the British Isles.
Is it limited to direct descendants, or it includes their descendants too? How many levels down the line should we care about?
But it makes their government worries about their future.
Who "their"?
Only bankers and speculators suffer if demand falls below supply.