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The same way that tens of billions of people have had kids for millennia with an almost clear guarantee that half of them would die before age 5.
by fipple 8y ago
The same way that tens of billions of people have had kids for millennia with an almost clear guarantee that half of them would die before age 5.
- samcday 8y agoHigh infant mortality rates / Tuberculosis / Spanish flu / AIDS, Malaria, or any other fun epidemics / Large segments of the world completely uninhabitable. Extreme social unrest due to massive influxes of "climate refugees". Worldwide food shortages. Constant war between neighboring countries. Rampant societal collapse. One of these things is not like the others. Can you spot it? EDIT: formatting
- fhhhhfhfgggggg 8y agoActually, no, I can't? You mean uninhabitable segments of the world? As long as there are inhabitable places left, what is the difference to the survivors? People in Europe lived happily for millennia without even knowing other continents exist (and vice versa). So "amount of inhabitable space on the planet" does not seem to be an essential part of achieving human happiness.
- black-tea 8y agoAccidentally because they didn't have access to contraception? That's not the world we live in today.
- jobigoud 8y agoWe have ubiquitous contraception now. The default stance is to not have kids until you actively decide to have one.
- bildung 8y agoIn a few countries, yes, but sadly not for the majority of the world population.