For the first time there's more people worldwide aged 65+ than aged 5 & younger

I'm 56. Today, we got legal custody of our 13 month old son, whom we are adopting. Three grown children; five grandchildren age 1-6. Their future matters more to me than my own. I'm deeply concerned for the second half of this century; I want my loved family to have a better life than I've had.

Population shrinking is a good thing long term.

Does this statistic actually have meaning? Wasn&#x27;t this always expected to happen following the prolific height of baby boomers, and their offspring who had a higher infant mortality rate than previously?<p>I know I&#x27;m mostly focused on developed world, but baby boomers are now 65+, their children have exited the child-bearing&#x2F;rearing age and many had only 1 or 2 offspring. Those children are yet to begin having children of their own and as people are having children later in life, there is a somewhat expected lull.<p>I have a sneaking suspicion as AI becomes prominent and if we are able to convert those capabilities to giving us more free time and a higher quality of life, this trend will reverse dangerously quickly.

It&#x27;s interesting to consider the long-term repercussions of this one little fact. Soon countries will be in open competition for immigrants.

This is going to suck, especially for democracies. Large voting blocks of old people with little savings and non vested interest in the long term outcome of the world. Yikes.