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You get to bring a world into existence somewhere else in the universe. Would you rather make one with half the population but twice the lifespan, or twice the population but half the lifespan?

half pop, 2x lifespan
89.7%
half lifespan, 2x pop
10.3%

4,772 votesFinal results

6:41 PM · Mar 19, 2022

Jacy Reese Anthis

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One argument is that shorter lifespans would spur moral progress relative to economic progress. Moral progress tends to be made one funeral at a time as older generations with older morals die. That difference is a huge lever on the far future.

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The first option has nothing bad about it.

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assuming lifespan also tracks with healthspan here

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Christoph Breuer

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half the population but half the lifespan

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I mean obviously twice the lifespan, right? Why have more people if you can have fewer people who live longer and die less. What would even be the argument for the opposite side?

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what colors do the buttons have?

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Does half lifespan imply half length for all biological processes? Pregnancy, brain, and body matures twice as fast? Raising children for 20 years would take all of ones adult life at half lifespan. Very little personal development or freedom in adulthood. Huge social implication

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Can I submit a poll question?

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Idk how this would affect anything, i just want fewer people to have to deal with

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@SirGrantFleming

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2x pop, half lifespan; much quicker to get vast intelligence to figure out longer lifespan and sustainable future - hey

what you reckon?

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