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We've had 14 hour workdays in the U.S. and elsewhere during the industrial revolution, and yet people somehow found the time for relationships and babies. What'
by Meekro 9y ago
We've had 14 hour workdays in the U.S. and elsewhere during the industrial revolution, and yet people somehow found the time for relationships and babies. What's different now?
- sien 9y agoWomen also work more in the paid workforce. Also people have reproductive control. Also people are richer and have more choice about getting married and having 5 kids (of which only half used to survive to 5).
- nyolfen 9y agomost people didn't have industrial jobs then
- flukus 9y agoPopulation growth used to come from rural areas, it wasn't until around the start of the 20th century that cities created a population surplus. Now we have rural areas in a steep decline world wide.