Crazy futurism speculation here— The presence of children is important to a lot of humans. It’s probably innate. Some adults feel like things are weird and off if no kids are ever around, even if they don’t know that’s what’s throwing things off. I certainly felt a bunch of weirdness from
This seems diametrically opposed to what I recall your views being on rights/independence for young adults.
There is the issue of informed consent here too, but no one gets asked if they want to be born, so *shrug* I guess.
Aiming for longer gestation periods might slow aging in a way that preserves demographic ratios. Seems like low hanging fruit to me.