Hey guys, I’ll ask something I’ve been thinking about here since I don’t have the karma to make a thread yet:
Does slowing the population growth decrease existential risk?
With fewer people around it’s less likely any of them will use dangerous technology, and thus more time to get the technology under control and make counter-measures.
If that’s the case, then the next question is whether there are any effective ways of reducing population growth, like access to birth control for example.
Less people may slow down the progress of science, but not that much I’m guessing since:
Many people are working on the same problems and not cooperating that much.
There would be more natural resources per person so more money can be spent on education and research per person.
Hey guys, I’ll ask something I’ve been thinking about here since I don’t have the karma to make a thread yet:
Does slowing the population growth decrease existential risk?
With fewer people around it’s less likely any of them will use dangerous technology, and thus more time to get the technology under control and make counter-measures.
If that’s the case, then the next question is whether there are any effective ways of reducing population growth, like access to birth control for example.
Less people may slow down the progress of science, but not that much I’m guessing since: Many people are working on the same problems and not cooperating that much. There would be more natural resources per person so more money can be spent on education and research per person.