Re:60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation?
by shard on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:57PM
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Considering the plummeting birth rate, I don't think it will be necessary to colonize new space to find space for more people, unless we start cloning people en mass.
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Re:60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation?
by m_mueller on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:55AM
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According to Hans Rosling, if birthrates develop everywhere similarly, population will max out at around 10Bn within the next decades, and should then stay stable for a while. 10Bn to reach a somewhat comfortable living standard seems quite a stretch for the home planet based on current (mostly non-renewable) technologies. And a high enough standard is also necessary for the birth rates to stabilize, so it's not like keeping whole continents in poverty would help anyone.