Fuck AI

I think they meant the economy, not population,

About halfway through this research bender, I realized that. But I was having too much fun to stop. I justified it with--there's really no way to sustain 10% annual economic growth without a 10% annual birth rate. You just have to have those workers, homeowners, economic entities, businesspeople, etc. being born and joining the economy.

but still, quality comment right here.

People who don't do math are doomed to talk nonsense. And you just used math to showcase the stupidity. Bravo, sir.

You're very kind. Thank you.

One of my pet peeves is all the people concerned about the birth rate.

We are at a time in the history of the planet where there have never existed as many homo sapiens as there are today, and that record will get broken every day for the next 20-50 years.

That's part and parcel with our remarkably low death rate, too. In fact, our death rate is so low that our replacement rate could actually go below 2 and the population would still keep growing for a few years. That's unprecedented through human history.

Of all the times to want a higher birth rate since we have existed as a species, this just ain't the time where it makes any kind of logical sense.

It definitely isn't our biggest problem as a species. Either way, honestly; we don't need to try to make it bigger or smaller.