Freeze them and use as needed. I'm a scientist, dammit, not a sociologist.There won't be any demand for them and that was my question. What should society do with all the excess people?
Freeze them and use as needed. I'm a scientist, dammit, not a sociologist.There won't be any demand for them and that was my question. What should society do with all the excess people?
Yes, it's not controllable and here's where this population problem is headed.You absolutely cannot control population quickly enough to make a difference unless you're willing to have a draconian police state and execute people for violating the no children policy. It didn't work for China and it sure as hell is not the solution for too many people with nothing to do.
Why do you stay?Yes, it's not controllable and here's where this population problem is headed.
Go to Metro Manila Philippines, Delhi, India or another country with a population of at least a billion. You will see millions living in slums, poor sanitation, contaminated water, etc. It's already happening here in the U.S. with the so called homeless living on the streets.
To exacerbate the problem, the political money interests are getting government $$$ that should have gone toward useful socio-economic programs. San Francisco is a cesspool of political corruption with money interest skimming off public resources right and left. That's another story that would take up megabytes on AAC discussion board.
Agreed. With the rapid rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics, a possible scenario is that the human population will be disease-limited to a small fraction of its present size. So that will address Papabravo's concerns .Odds are disease or starvation will become worse if we don't address some core issues soon.
Or willing to work for less. Computers and robots will take care of all the stuff that needs skills....as humans are becoming more and more obsolete, your strategy should be to always be more skilled than the next Joe.
It's an excellent question. The Atlantic ran a long article about this very thing back in the summer. I still have a copy of it. Extensive social welfare will certainly be in order. The monetary system will need extensive control and redistribution. People will do, as you say, paint, play music, craft or just be on perpetual vacation. The way I see it, throughout history the people in charge have been those who exploit human labor. But in the future, it will be the technical folks who will have all the power. Buh-ha-ha-ha!There won't be any demand for them and that was my question. What should society do with all the excess people?