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DanArmak comments on "Stupid" questions thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanArmak 13 July 2013 03:56:25PM 4 points [-]

Even without total utilitarianism, increasing the population may be desirable as long as average quality of life isn't lowered. For instance, increasing the amount of R&D can make progress faster, which can benefit everyone. Of course one can also think of dangers and problems that scale with population size, so it's not a trivial question.