At one time I thought, along with the orthodoxy, that falling population rates would be a big problem in the future.
But now, it's just a way for humanity to rebalance itself.
30 years ago as we approached 7 billion humans on the planet, everyone was worrying about how we would feed ourselves and what would happen if the rate of growth kept going the same way. (Yes, I'm that old that I remember the news stories).
Now as we slowly decline, everyone wants us to make more babies.
These things go in cycles.
I think that as we get more advanced and men and particularly women, see participating and reaping the rewards of modern economies in pretty much every country -- more important than having children, it will drop even more.
But as covid shows, events will happen that cause people to rethink that from time to time. In a way, its "life" that re-balances itself without even our intervention.
It's a pendulum, and right now, it's swinging one way. It will swing back.
But now, it's just a way for humanity to rebalance itself.
30 years ago as we approached 7 billion humans on the planet, everyone was worrying about how we would feed ourselves and what would happen if the rate of growth kept going the same way. (Yes, I'm that old that I remember the news stories).
Now as we slowly decline, everyone wants us to make more babies.
These things go in cycles.
I think that as we get more advanced and men and particularly women, see participating and reaping the rewards of modern economies in pretty much every country -- more important than having children, it will drop even more.
But as covid shows, events will happen that cause people to rethink that from time to time. In a way, its "life" that re-balances itself without even our intervention.
It's a pendulum, and right now, it's swinging one way. It will swing back.