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DeepSpaceWarlock t1_j9ioyju wrote

Reply to comment by FranticAudi in Scientists Say They Gene Hacked Mice to Double Remaining Lifespan by Ok-Prior-8856

The last episode of Torchwood was essentially this. TL;DR World leaders basically ended up killing citizens en masse who would’ve died to keep the world stable from a hypermalthusian event

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood:_Miracle_Day?wprov=sfti1

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sunobu t1_j9j843h wrote

You may have confused Too Long ; Didn't Read with Spoiler Alert.

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ItsAConspiracy t1_j9ji5xy wrote

In the real world, birth rates are plummeting as populations urbanize. Most countries are facing demographic crashes over the next couple decades, and very low birth rates after that. Anti-aging could save economies and retirement systems.

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Littleman88 t1_j9jvcwh wrote

I think there might be a rebound effect with longer living individuals. Especially if we can mix in restoring fertility on top of anti-aging. For a lot of people, not having kids is a mix of never finding someone to have kids with as well as establishing for themselves a stable future to raise any, which isn't happening within 20-30 years anymore.

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ItsAConspiracy t1_j9k1oww wrote

Eventually, population will start rising again if the anti-aging tech is good enough. But in that eventual higher-tech future we might also have cheap fusion, cheap space travel, and really compact food synthesis, so we'll be able to support much larger populations. We're making progress towards all of these things.

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