I don’t know what Zvi and Robin Hanson would celebrate, but I personally worry about fast population decline in those “geographical/cultural pockets” that are responsible for scientific and technological progress.
And I worry because I see the possibility that the decline of innovation and tech will not be as gradual as even fast population decline generally is, but that this decline will be exacerbated by the political instability and/or political sclerosis that comes from two many old people / too much immigration + a shrinking pie.
I don’t know what Zvi and Robin Hanson would celebrate, but I personally worry about fast population decline in those “geographical/cultural pockets” that are responsible for scientific and technological progress.
And I worry because I see the possibility that the decline of innovation and tech will not be as gradual as even fast population decline generally is, but that this decline will be exacerbated by the political instability and/or political sclerosis that comes from two many old people / too much immigration + a shrinking pie.