Besides the more people means more geniuses argument that you refute, we also get the argument that more people mean a bigger economy--specifically, higher gross domestic products (GDP).
But we shouldn't care much about the GDP of some artificially delineated "economy". We should care about the GDP per person--that is, how well each person is doing. As you point out, that means nurturing the people we already have, not bringing billions more along to work at low wages for Musk and Bezos.
Such people's ego's have configured their brains so that they become convinced that their wealth is an indicator of their brilliance and being a good human being.
Yes, lots of scaremongering around that the decline in fertility (from rising GDP and emancipation and education of women) will mean that humans will die out. As if fertility wasn't well above replacement and as if the rate couldn't go up again at any time.
I think people worried about this sort of thing are worried about the diminishing percentage of white, anglo-saxon babies.
Besides the more people means more geniuses argument that you refute, we also get the argument that more people mean a bigger economy--specifically, higher gross domestic products (GDP).
But we shouldn't care much about the GDP of some artificially delineated "economy". We should care about the GDP per person--that is, how well each person is doing. As you point out, that means nurturing the people we already have, not bringing billions more along to work at low wages for Musk and Bezos.
Such people's ego's have configured their brains so that they become convinced that their wealth is an indicator of their brilliance and being a good human being.
Hi V.... wealth has nothing to do with being good human being.
Contrary, wealth is a form of power, which corrupts, anyone. The list is so so long.
Yes, lots of scaremongering around that the decline in fertility (from rising GDP and emancipation and education of women) will mean that humans will die out. As if fertility wasn't well above replacement and as if the rate couldn't go up again at any time.
I think people worried about this sort of thing are worried about the diminishing percentage of white, anglo-saxon babies.