[ExI] Wondering if we'd be Better Off with Fewer People

[Stefano Vaj]

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Lee Corbin <lcorbin at rawbw.com> wrote:
> I'm with those who think the world is vastly underpopulated,
> and hope that various breakthoughs in coming years make
> it really obvious to everyone that many, many more people
> can be sustained than at present. Before colonizing space,
> humans could colonize the ocean bottoms, and before doing
> that, colonize antarctica and the deserts, and before that,
> the swamps.  The only problem is that living in these places
> is just not as much fun, and that's why in the U.S. many of
> the middle states are losing population.

I am inclined to agree. My main concern, however, is what produces and
is produced by the lowering of demographic pressure. A longevist
society should not, and hopefully need not, be a society of the old.

Stefano Va