World's 65+ now outnumber under-5s, sparking debate on AI entrenching the past
km · x · 2026-09-06
Polymarket notes that people aged 65+ now outnumber children 5 and under worldwide for the first time in recorded history. @signulll builds a sharp argument on top: society now has an even bigger incentive structure to preserve and maintain the accumulated past instead of creating a future.
He points to housing and voting as existing examples — incumbent populations using institutions to protect their interests and suppress new supply and decisions — and argues the same mechanism will now multiply across critical segments including technological progress, with AI amplifying the bias toward preserving the status quo.
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