• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    59 minutes ago

    Random thought: If there’s a breakthrough in life-prolonging medication in the next decades (i.e. you live to 120 instead of 80), that would mean that world population would go up by 1.5x simply due to that, so if there’s no prior drop in numbers, that might not be sustainable.

    • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works
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      56 minutes ago

      Yes but there won’t be medication you’re talking about.

      And if there was they wouldn’t ever give it to regular civilians.

      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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        45 minutes ago

        And if there was they wouldn’t ever give it to regular civilians.

        takes 20 years for patents to expire and cheap generica to become available

    • Havatra@lemmy.zip
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      3 hours ago

      Unsure about the “need”, but with current systems, less people would be beneficial in a multitude of ways, indeed, as long as it’s a somewhat controlled reduction. The first thing to suffer is the business model based on infinite expansion, which if they follow other countries’ trend, they will start to cry about to the government pretty soon, demanding efforts into increased reproduction. (Like Japan making alcohol cheaper for youth, and China making condoms more expensive.)