Perhaps the decline in fertility is a society-wide unconscious realization that we’re all going to live much longer and so replacing those that passed isn’t as much a key priority
Given the rise in AI capabilities, I honestly think we should temper our obsession with living forever and focusing efforts on creating an all-powerful AI that eventually becomes godly enough to resurrect the dead. A much better alternative to spending centuries in a decrepit body, worrying about cholesterol levels.
Perhaps the decline in fertility is a society-wide unconscious realization that we’re all going to live much longer and so replacing those that passed isn’t as much a key priority
That's an optimistic, incorrect view. Check out the gap between ideal and realized fertility (ideal being predictive, especially in shocks!): https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/fertility-in-an-ideal-world
Given the rise in AI capabilities, I honestly think we should temper our obsession with living forever and focusing efforts on creating an all-powerful AI that eventually becomes godly enough to resurrect the dead. A much better alternative to spending centuries in a decrepit body, worrying about cholesterol levels.
You never quit
Unbearable.