The thrust is that the lack of reproduction may not be a serious issue as we think. If human lifespans do lengthen (as many think they are about to), biological evolution will take second place to cultural evolution. I found it pretty convincing.
I'll check it out. I saw something similar, but I forget where. I'm very bearish on significant life extension, and very bullish on continued fertility decline. All of which is to say I'm happy to take the "fertility will continue to be a problem" side of a well constructed bet around the question.
Interesting article on this topic published recently here: https://dailyphilosophy.substack.com/p/darwins-four-postulates-in-light
The thrust is that the lack of reproduction may not be a serious issue as we think. If human lifespans do lengthen (as many think they are about to), biological evolution will take second place to cultural evolution. I found it pretty convincing.
I'll check it out. I saw something similar, but I forget where. I'm very bearish on significant life extension, and very bullish on continued fertility decline. All of which is to say I'm happy to take the "fertility will continue to be a problem" side of a well constructed bet around the question.
>Wade calls this current fertility decline “the unchosen path to extinction”. I’m not sure I agree with the “unchosen” part.
Trouble is the lack of a coherent 'we'. Some are abstractly happy with extinction, some still seek to be fruitful.
The scale and breadth of the change does make me consider some of the more outlandish potential causes, ie, biochemical ones, though.