By the time we're dealing with quintillions of people we'll be running the entire local stellar group. The more pressing concern is our demographic situation. There aren't enough young to pay for all the old. Quality of life requires quantity of people.
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Factor in my commitment to zero coercion and your logical progression will change. The awkward turtle in the room is that humanity's population is huge, and our technology is ~mediocre, and resulting from that combo, we are ravaging Earth. Many things can change in that mix.
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You could definitely have noncoercive aggressive eugenics and if the cost of additional humans is high it's probably the cheapest approach economically speaking
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This is just repugnant conclusion theatre, don't engage
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LOL at your misreading & inversion of the repugnant conclusion. It's meant to warn utilitarianism-thinkers away from runaway population inflation & an eventual dilution of "quality of life". Ok "don't engage" with what is disagreeable. Enjoy your bubble.
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