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It is curious that the conversation around x-risks seems to largely ignore what I consider the single biggest one: epidemic loss of the basic will/desire to live. Phenomena like hikkikomori and falling birth rates are the thin end of this wedge.
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I’m not so sure. Wanting to nurture kids that already exist is likely to be strongly heritable since the kid itself is a strong embodiment of selection pressure, but *wanting* kids seems like an instantiation of a more abstract drive (to meaning/purpose) with weak heritability.