[wcoenen]

There seems to be a dogma that the population must grow, and any sign that it might stop growing at some point is bad. "Go Forth and Multiply" as it were.

Personally I believe that population growth can't go on forever in a finite world. But even if it could, I think we should prefer quality over quantity when it comes to human lives.

[throwawaay94904]

>There seems to be a dogma that the population must grow, and any sign that it might stop growing at some point is bad.

Well, when you have most nations in the world making Keynesian policies that assume future economic growth (China included), then yes it's a bad thing. In that case, you're left with an ageing population who previously planned for their retirement investments to carry them, but instead must rely on government services funded by a much smaller, younger working population.

[LifeLiverTransp]

But if only one game-theory players does not follow your logic, and sticks to quantity- he will have many lottery tickets in the inevitable collapse and civil wars that result. Thus i declare my behaviour in this arms-race holy and sanctioned off by god. Thus religion wins at a infinite game, where only continuesly playing is the reward.

[HNLurker2]

r/unexpectedthanos Buddhism was in favour of anti natalism