- Aug 2023
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there's no uh uh catastrophe even if things plug along as they're going and there's no mass die off of humans or anything like that 00:36:47 the population is set to decline i don't know when the peak is supposed to come but uh the peak is supposed to come at you know within the next 10 20 years or so 00:36:59 and after that the world population will start to decline how is how is this growth capitalism model growth-based capitalism model how is that going to 00:37:12 function when the world is shrinking
- for: population decline, economic growth vs population decline
- comment
- John makes a good point
- how will humans negotiate a growth economy when population is shrinking?
- it may be that AI automation may lessen the need for human capacity, but the future is unknown how these forces will balance out
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