This is so cool!! I love the whole wider conversational aspect of this. Super satisfying, and such a complex problem to start contemplating. I don't know the answer at all, but it feels like a very exciting place to start being solutional about some of the larger civilizational coordination problems, and aim for more satisfying lives for more people.
There’s a number of reasons at play; environmental exposure to toxins, affecting endocrine systems, potassium bromine in bread replacing iodine and impacting thyroid levels and directly affecting hormone production, a superficial misaligned self image/ low esteem from a disconnect of social skills giving a false perspective of the self.. the technology used poorly and carelessly, a dopamine overstimulation imbalance in brain chemistry destroying attention spans via swipe addiction, but also the saturation of radiation impacting human health at a cellular level.. just to name a few.. but also the cost of living and the income inequality weighs in here as you mentioned. There’s never a one shoe fits all when we’re talking about the human condition.
I was very disappointed in this conversation that no one talked about the carrying capacity of the planet, and how there’s too many humans to be supported. This planet cannot continue to feed this many people without fossil fuels, which are running out
Machine learning or “Hey, I’m pregnant?”
Is there an algorithm response to “Hey I’m pregnant?”
I see a man panicked about which button to push?
This is so cool!! I love the whole wider conversational aspect of this. Super satisfying, and such a complex problem to start contemplating. I don't know the answer at all, but it feels like a very exciting place to start being solutional about some of the larger civilizational coordination problems, and aim for more satisfying lives for more people.
thanks Dave!
There’s a number of reasons at play; environmental exposure to toxins, affecting endocrine systems, potassium bromine in bread replacing iodine and impacting thyroid levels and directly affecting hormone production, a superficial misaligned self image/ low esteem from a disconnect of social skills giving a false perspective of the self.. the technology used poorly and carelessly, a dopamine overstimulation imbalance in brain chemistry destroying attention spans via swipe addiction, but also the saturation of radiation impacting human health at a cellular level.. just to name a few.. but also the cost of living and the income inequality weighs in here as you mentioned. There’s never a one shoe fits all when we’re talking about the human condition.
Puzzled how you can talk about this topic and not address your own personal choices. You even discussed this with Lex Fridman before.
You're two people who should be great parents, but as far as I know neither of you has kids. Why not?
I was very disappointed in this conversation that no one talked about the carrying capacity of the planet, and how there’s too many humans to be supported. This planet cannot continue to feed this many people without fossil fuels, which are running out
We will never run out of fossil fuels.
Bro:
23:10 - Wouldn’t Fewer People Take Pressure Off The Environment?
28:56 - Climate, Ocean and Other Planetary Boundaries
32:28 - Paul Erlich and Dangers of Zero-Sum Thinking
Humans in large numbers are inconvenient and unnecessary. Once the population drops to about ten thousand, the birth rate will rebound.
With appropriate genetic conditioning.
Ten thousand?