Musk: Superintelligence and Robotics Era Coming, But Birth Rate Collapse Is the Greatest Threat
XFreeze · x · 2026-11-11
Elon Musk warned that a collapse in birth rates is one of humanity's greatest threats. "Civilization might die with a bang or with a whimper. If we don't have enough kids, then we will die with a whimper in adult diapers," he said, urging people to at least have enough babies to sustain the population.
He argued humanity is entering its most extraordinary era — superintelligence, robotics, and unimaginable abundance — but such a future means nothing without future generations to inherit it. People once had children because they believed tomorrow would be better; now it's on this generation to prove it still will be.
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