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points by strken 20 hours ago | 0 comments
I think we're going to have a much weirder and more conflicted future than people realise, given that at some point all the world's democracies are going to be populated mostly by the descendants of groups which have a lot of kids.

Yeah, sure, maybe some of us will Wall-E into oblivion. People already do that with opiates and video games and it's reasonable to expect more might do the same.

Do we really think the Amish are going to do that, though? They might even ban AI from providing goods and services to them. And then consider the kids of the Amish, who are not all going to be Amish but who might learn a thing or two and pass it along to mainstream culture. Then do that for every group that's still reproducing.

[–] bryanlarsen 17 hours ago
It'll take several generations for this sort of effect to happen. Say 100 years. I wish we also had 100 years to adjust to AI and autonomous robots.
[–] airstrike 11 hours ago
We likely have more than 100 years to adjust.
[–] lazide 10 hours ago
It’s literally happening right now.
[–] bryanlarsen 9 hours ago
The Amish are overrunning America right now? Because it can't be Africans or Muslims, America is still 73% white.
[–] archimedes237 5 hours ago
Only if you include old people.
[–] lazide 4 hours ago
People who have kids are replacing/outnumbering those who don’t.