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RE: The Future Of Mass Population Distribution Shifts
Not to mention birth control will be available to people it was never available to before. My only question is, what happens to the numbers if we all start living to 120?
Author, John Varley, wrote one of my favorite sci-fi / speculative fiction novels of all time. The main character is one of the oldest humans living as one of the vanguard of those benefiting from functionally infinite life extension tech.
The book is titled "Steel Beach"
https://www.amazon.com/Steel-Beach-John-Varley-ebook/dp/B00AFX4EFY/
We become wise enough to help people understand the perils of recreational breeding.
I suspect that recreational breeding is mostly impoverished, disenfranchised people who struggle with feeling like a loser because they aren't rich or famous and seeking escape engage in the best feeling in the world - that's free. If I felt shytty & hopeless all of the time, I'd want to have sex as much as possible! Sure, sure, there's all sorts of "pick yourself up and get a job!" talk, but if you aren't in their shoes, then shut the fark up. :-) Then there's religious people who see fit to make many more subjects. Some people breed simply because they think that it is what they're supposed to do. Sadly, there are also those who feel that breeding is the only way to be relevant in a world constantly distracted by the shiney, shiney.
What should we expect when our culture is maniacally focused on the shallower, competitive aspects of being a human? Our education system has been underfunded and mismanaged for decades, and hardly anyone has time for their kids - "go watch TV or YouTube" - often because the parent is stressed to the gills with just staying afloat, let alone dealing with a jackarse boss, bills, an annoying neighbor and that one shutter than keeps coming loose and banging on the house ...
Good points and I couldn't agree more!
Haha! It will be hard a sell! :)