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First of all, generations are pipelined. If we live twice as long, the world needs to support twice as many people, not infinitely many.

Secondly of all, one of the problems with the baby boomer generation was just the "boom". The growth was not continued/sustained.

Thirdly of all, I figure with people spending proportionally more of their lives in a field instead of in school, plus population pressures, we'll figure out how to colonize other planets pretty quick :)



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