Under current models who will do the hard things and care for these younger generations when they themselves begin to age?
I suspect nobody. I think it becomes very "soylent green" in approach.
What will our purpose be other than passive consumption?
These are the questions I have. Right now, we are consumer cows that are no longer interested in building strong relationships - so what do we turn to? Even if we become creators, what are we creating? When most songs in history are about love and loss of love, what happens when we are never in love?
The Amish and Mennonites perhaps have already figured it out embracing physical labor, rigorous traditions, and large families and communities.
Perhaps, but does this scale for 8B people?