pdawes

pdawes t1_iu332jy wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:49 AM

Reply to comment by futebollounge in The Great People Shortage is coming — and it's going to cause global economic chaos | Researchers predict that the world's population will decline in the next 40 years due to declining birth rates — and it will cause a massive shortage of workers. by Shelfrock77

I'm not betting on aging being solved per se but I bet we will see many more cancers and conditions that kill people in old age treatable/curable by then and drastically expanding lifespan.

pdawes t1_iu32oho wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:45 AM

Reply to comment by fleebjuice69420 in The Great People Shortage is coming — and it's going to cause global economic chaos | Researchers predict that the world's population will decline in the next 40 years due to declining birth rates — and it will cause a massive shortage of workers. by Shelfrock77

The population will be older though, many in need of resources and care they can't provide for themselves. Japan is probably the country to watch and see what happens, since they lead on this trend.