<div dir="ltr">Hell Yes, I agree with your hell no.<div>We've got to fill the galaxy. Consciously wake it all up. That takes a LOT of kids, right?</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:38 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 9:26 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>On 27/08/2021 17:02, Adrian Tymes
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 2:25 AM Ben Zaiboc via
extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>>
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<div>Graph showing effect of life-extension on population
growth:<br>
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<p>This assumes that extreme longevity will reduce the
desire to have children, which seems a reasonable
assumption, given the usual real reason for having kids
(to look after you in your dotage). Note the extreme
difference between having an average of 2.5 kids and 2.
Note also that 2 kids per couple is no longer
'replacement rate', as there is no death. Of course
there still would be, but from accidents etc., not from
ageing.</p>
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<div>True, the usual reason would go away - but with no death,
people with other reasons would have a lot longer to have and
raise kids.</div>
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<p>Ok. So how much would that affect things? Would it negate the
benefits of life-extension?</p>
<p>I realise we don't know the answer to that, but is it a reason to
say "No, let's not bother with life-extension, it won't help"?</p></div></blockquote><div>Hell no. Again I say: continued population growth is a net benefit. Yes it has problems, but those are outweighed by the advantages. If we can have life extension AND population growth, so much the better! </div></div></div>
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