- Come with questions!
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Two questions Fischer and Cave ask
- Would RLE 6000 be good for you? (prudential question)
- Would RLE 6000 be good for us? (question about ethics, justice)
Cave on the second question:
- If everyone took, then there would be a huge population increase (see graphs below)
- If it was restricted to the rich .... social injustice
- If there were limits on childbearing .... social injustice
Fischer: limit to the rich OR have a lottery, but no limits on reproduction (Cave and Fischer Part 2, ch. 4, p. 150-154)
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Let's explore these questions about distribution, but switch to RLE200
- RLE200 eliminates aging, cancer, heart disease, etc.
- enough to make the lifespan 200 years on average, not 6000
- suppose we really had RLE200
- how should it be distributed? WORKBOOK
- after we discuss, we will vote using this poll
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| ChatGPT prompt: what would be the population 10,000 years from now if people reproduced at replacement level and lived for 6000 years? |
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| ChatGPT prompt: what would be the population 10,000 years from now if people reproduced at replacement level and lived for 200 years? |