The attractiveness of “making children” can also grow. Imagine an automated robotic baby changing table.
When it’s robots that do all the boring or messy bits, leaving parents with only the fun bits, then parenting becomes more attractive. But sure, maybe video games are winning out in the attractiveness race.
Although a population decline requires people die of something. So this scenario makes sense if we invent super video games, but not immortality.
So this scenario makes sense if we invent super video games, but not immortality.
Looking at what we have now—there are 3D video games, 3D porn, but no 150 years old people (and few actually live to 100) -- unfortunately, the invention of video games is much easier task.
The attractiveness of “making children” can also grow. Imagine an automated robotic baby changing table.
When it’s robots that do all the boring or messy bits, leaving parents with only the fun bits, then parenting becomes more attractive. But sure, maybe video games are winning out in the attractiveness race.
Although a population decline requires people die of something. So this scenario makes sense if we invent super video games, but not immortality.
Looking at what we have now—there are 3D video games, 3D porn, but no 150 years old people (and few actually live to 100) -- unfortunately, the invention of video games is much easier task.