So if current fertility trends continue, gentle degrowth is the default result.
That’s only a short term trend and even then, assumes we don’t get AGI magic. Pronatalist belief systems that persist in modernity (Judaism, Islam) will continue replicating and replace most people. We might even see genes that make people want kids or not use birth control propagate.
That’s only a short term trend and even then, assumes we don’t get AGI magic. Pronatalist belief systems that persist in modernity (Judaism, Islam) will continue replicating and replace most people. We might even see genes that make people want kids or not use birth control propagate.