Re:Mass Extinction and the Structure of the Milky Way (2013)
by flukus on Monday May 08, 2017 @04:02AM
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On the other hand, knowing that you will live to see the effects of climate change might be a great motivator to solve the problem, especially if it has the potential to cut short your infinite life. Eternal life may make us incredibly risk averse.
> It would make the population boom of the last century and associated wide-spread destruction of the natural environment look like a picnic.
How much of the population growth is caused by our mortality and the desire to "live" forever? A lot of it was almost certainly because children were the retirement plan before the aged pension became a thing.
> It would make the population boom of the last century and associated wide-spread destruction of the natural environment look like a picnic.
How much of the population growth is caused by our mortality and the desire to "live" forever? A lot of it was almost certainly because children were the retirement plan before the aged pension became a thing.