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I don't have that information in front of me, but I'll have a look. I'll throw it up on screen for anyone that wants context on that. But that's already happening. This isn't some anesthetologist or something. And these aren't high-paid people in every case.

I don't have that information in front of me, but I'll have a look. I'll throw it up on screen for anyone that wants context on that. But that's already happening. This isn't some anesthetologist or something. And these aren't high-paid people in every case.

On this point of meaning, I've heard so many billionaires in AI describe this as the age of abundance. And I'm not necessarily sure if abundance is always a great thing because, you know, when we look at mental health and we look at how people derive their meaning and their purpose in life, much of it is having something to strive towards and some struggle in a meaningful direction to you.

On this point of meaning, I've heard so many billionaires in AI describe this as the age of abundance. And I'm not necessarily sure if abundance is always a great thing because, you know, when we look at mental health and we look at how people derive their meaning and their purpose in life, much of it is having something to strive towards and some struggle in a meaningful direction to you.

And this is maybe adjacent, but when... There was a study done, I think it was in Australia, where they looked at suicide letters. And in the suicide letters, the sentiment of men in those suicide letters was they didn't feel worthy. They didn't feel like they were worth it. They didn't feel like they were needed by their families. And this is much of what caused their psychological state.

And this is maybe adjacent, but when... There was a study done, I think it was in Australia, where they looked at suicide letters. And in the suicide letters, the sentiment of men in those suicide letters was they didn't feel worthy. They didn't feel like they were worth it. They didn't feel like they were needed by their families. And this is much of what caused their psychological state.

And I wonder in a world of abundance where we... A lot of these AI billionaires are telling us that we're going to have so much free time and we're not going to need to work if there is at all going to be a crisis of meaning, a mental health problem.

And I wonder in a world of abundance where we... A lot of these AI billionaires are telling us that we're going to have so much free time and we're not going to need to work if there is at all going to be a crisis of meaning, a mental health problem.

Interestingly, you also see in Western countries that when we get more abundance, we start having less kids. And we're already seeing this sort of population decline in the Western world, which is kind of scary. I think it's often associated with affluence. The more money someone makes, the less likely they are to want to have children, the more they try and protect their freedoms.

Interestingly, you also see in Western countries that when we get more abundance, we start having less kids. And we're already seeing this sort of population decline in the Western world, which is kind of scary. I think it's often associated with affluence. The more money someone makes, the less likely they are to want to have children, the more they try and protect their freedoms.

But also on this point of AI, relationships are hard, you know? My girlfriend is happy sometimes and not happy other times. And I have to like, you know, go through that struggle with her of like working on the relationship. Children are hard.

But also on this point of AI, relationships are hard, you know? My girlfriend is happy sometimes and not happy other times. And I have to like, you know, go through that struggle with her of like working on the relationship. Children are hard.

And if we are optimizing ourselves and, you know, much of the reason that I sustain the struggle with my girlfriend is I'm sure from some evolutionary reason because I want to reproduce and I want to have kin. But if I didn't have to deal with the struggle that comes with human relationships, romantic or platonic, There's going to be a proportion of people that actually choose that outcome.

And if we are optimizing ourselves and, you know, much of the reason that I sustain the struggle with my girlfriend is I'm sure from some evolutionary reason because I want to reproduce and I want to have kin. But if I didn't have to deal with the struggle that comes with human relationships, romantic or platonic, There's going to be a proportion of people that actually choose that outcome.

And I wonder what's going to happen to birth rates in such a scenario, because we're already struggling. We're already in a situation where we used to be having five children per woman in the 1950s to about two in 2021. And we're seeing a decline. If you look at South Korea, their fertility rate has fallen to 0.72, the lowest recorded globally.

And I wonder what's going to happen to birth rates in such a scenario, because we're already struggling. We're already in a situation where we used to be having five children per woman in the 1950s to about two in 2021. And we're seeing a decline. If you look at South Korea, their fertility rate has fallen to 0.72, the lowest recorded globally.

And if this trend continues, the country's population could half by 2,100. So yeah, relationships, connections. And also, I guess we've got to overlay that with the loneliness epidemic, which is They promised us social connection when social media came about. When we got Wi-Fi connections, the promise was that we would become more connected.

And if this trend continues, the country's population could half by 2,100. So yeah, relationships, connections. And also, I guess we've got to overlay that with the loneliness epidemic, which is They promised us social connection when social media came about. When we got Wi-Fi connections, the promise was that we would become more connected.

But it's so clear that because we spend so long alone, isolated, having our needs met by Uber Eats drivers and social media and TikTok and the internet, that we're investing less in the very difficult thing of like going and making a friend and like going and finding a girlfriend. Young people are having sex less than ever before.

But it's so clear that because we spend so long alone, isolated, having our needs met by Uber Eats drivers and social media and TikTok and the internet, that we're investing less in the very difficult thing of like going and making a friend and like going and finding a girlfriend. Young people are having sex less than ever before.