Then I guess we don’t colonize space. Oh well.

Yes, the situation is dire. We’re basically on the verge of extinction with a mere 8 billion of us.

People would have kids now if it wasn’t financial suicide. The lack of an effective government is the root cause of all of the issues.

I sort of wonder whether the dropping birthrates are the last form of ‘protest’ we have left. It’s not a real protest but simply neoliberal capitalism’s consequences coming home to roost.

Admittedly, by the time it matters, powerful people can probably be made to live forever in some kind of Elysium style space station while the rabble fights over scraps, policed by autonomous robots.

Why?

Let’s just send robots out there.