[ExI] Lethal future was Watson on NOVA

[BillK]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Eugen Leitl  wrote:
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> Why do people have children? Do children forever remain in
> their home?
>
> Why was America colonized? Why do we have 500 volunteers for
> a one-way mission to Mars?
>
> What are pioneer species and what is ecological succession?
>
>


Or, alternatively, why don't people have children?
Viz. the collapse in first world birth rates.

You are comparing people with miserable, short lifespans to very
long-lived people with every wish fulfilled by nano-Santa in virtual
reality.

Apples and Oranges.

BillK