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Robin Hanson's avatar

Sure if your focus is promoting a particular viewpoint then fertility might not seem as attractive a strategy. But here I'm looking at all ways to influence the distant future. Surely fertility influences something.

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Chris Hibbert's avatar

I'm not sure your argument about fertility holds up. Having more progeny only bolsters your side of any future fights to the extent that your distant progeny share your viewpoints on those issues. There are a few, very broad struggles where this seems plausible, as in western liberal democracy vs more regressive societies, but it seems unlikely to help if your concern is with a particular outcome for FAI or growth vs stasis. And I'm not very convinced that population growth is going to be a decisive factor in preserving democracy.

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