My balmer peak was at 1.75 pints and lasted thru the end of 3. Then followed by a steep decline. I agree that this would need to be modeled in the robot.
To be fair, in many wealthier economies, people are having less and less kids. South Korea has been unable to revert this trend despite aggressive incentives.
Obesity is certainly a factor holding back certain communities here in the USA. But I agree it's a tangential issue.
On the issue of whether or not "the middle class is collapsing," I hear lots of arguments (as usual very polarized) on both sides of that debate. Does anybody have strong empirical studies to share (ideally non-partisan!) on how this statement holds up? I have googled and probably found the obvious stuff but I would love to read up more on this.
Here are a few sources[1][2] (oops, [1] is from 2020) but I don't have anything special. I think there was an article on HN that showed this well, but I can't find it. Basically, kids today have extremely limited chance to do better than their parents.
Homelessness is at an all time high.[6]
The following are loosely related to the economy, in that the cost of dealing with the problem is growing, and they prevent well adjusted growth.
There's also a mental health epidemic[3] from the Surgeon General[4].
Also consider the possible extinction level climate change issues[5].
