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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by paulcole on Sunday September 01, 2019 @03:06PM (#20854079)
With all we know about climate change, how can anyone advocate for keeping more people around longer? Seems like a real nightmare waiting to happen.
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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by toomuchtodo on Sunday September 01, 2019 @03:07PM (#20854092)
Birth rate has fallen off a cliff. Nothing wrong with less people having kids also living longer if we can drive down our per capita environmental impact. Consider the value lost to humanity each time someone with decades of knowledge, wisdom, and experience passes.

Offer me immortality and I shall go explore the stars.

https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate

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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by paulcole on Sunday September 01, 2019 @03:40PM (#20854320)
> if we can drive down our per capita environmental impact.

Oh is that all?

Like my Gammy said, “If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas.” And if you gave my Gammy immortality, she would’ve just smoked more cigs and played more nickel slots.

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