What if humanity stopped reproduction ?

I think all our world problems including poverty, global warming, terrorism and wars will come to an end if humans stopped reproduction. As cute as babies are they are the root cause of tomorrow's continued world problems and if could only make up our minds to stop making babies we could bring all this to a peaceful end.

The average human life expectancy is around 70 years, which means the world can come to a peaceful end in just 70 years. Now some analysts might argue that the life expectancy is as high as 70 only because of the younger population supporting the older population and the life expectancy is going to fall if we stop reproducing. 

Although that's a fair point, we humans are smart enough to figure out a plan to gracefully exit the planet by preemptively allocating resources to the aging population.

Besides human extinction is inevitable. It might be global warming, the sun's surface temperature rise or the Andromeda galaxy collision in the increasing order of time-line. And all assuming we don't kill each other with nukes before that.

What this means is that at some point we need to prepare ourselves for the exit plan. And when such a time comes, it will be at the Universe's will and not likely in our terms. So why not do it now when we have ample time and resources ?  

This is the one time when humans can live peacefully in this planet during their time and exit gracefully.

References: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40499.htm

http://phys.org/news/2010-06-humans-extinct-years-eminent-scientist.html

http://guardianlv.com/2015/06/sixth-mass-extinction-is-inevitable-within-the-next-three-generations/

Should stupids be allowed to vote ?

First off, this isn't meant to offend anyone and is serious consideration of betterment of democracy. And I'm not the first one to doubt democracy in it's current state. Many famous personalities including Winston Churchill and American stand-up comedian George Carlin have shared similar views. 

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” - George Carlin

So what if we had a system where only the educated and smart folks are allowed to vote? Consider this an improved version of democracy.

When NASA designs a space shuttle, they don't take a vote of all employees to vote on which design features suits best or which fuel works best. They let the experts do it. Someone who's educated and knows what's best for the space shuttle. Democracy in such cases is pointless because clearly, some people's expert opinion is far more valuable than the others. 

So why is it more optimal to let the entire nation decide on who's best to run the country which has stakes far more than that of a space shuttle. Clearly, most people aren't educated or smart enough about the various policies that politicians propose and it's repercussions to making a sane decision.

I think we need to acknowledge the problem with democracy in its current state. And step 1 in bringing a change is to acknowledge that we have a problem. Democracy in its current state is broken and only when we realize that can we make bring about a change in politics.

Reference: 

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/winstonchu105424.html

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/335169-never-underestimate-the-power-of-stupid-people-in-large-groups