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Re:The Greatest Good: What is the best charitable cause in t... by rayiner on Saturday June 20, 2015 @02:29PM (#9750653)
But that's precisely the thing. In a stable population, births per year are inversely proportional to life expectancy. So whatever joy seeing a child born brings to people, there will necessarily be less of that per year aggregated over the whole society. A society where everyone lives longer is necessarily one with a smaller proportion of joyful idealistic children and a higher percentage of cynical jaded older people.

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