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Please forgive my ignorance - why is this being down-voted (rhetorical)? Shouldn't this be discussed, at least? In preparation of the various scenarios. Would
by garraeth 6y ago
Please forgive my ignorance - why is this being down-voted (rhetorical)?
Shouldn't this be discussed, at least? In preparation of the various scenarios.
Wouldn't it make sense with everyone stuck at home and bored, "things" might happen? In a few years we might refer to children born in 2021 as "Corona/Covid Kids", no?
And with a population "boom", pressures on the planet may increase? Perhaps. People may become desperate for the "good old days", and/or won't care so much about the planet because they are desperate to survive financially at any cost [to the planet]...?
Perhaps not - if society becomes more conservative relative to "dirty" energy usage (oil, plastics, etc)...? And beings to enjoy, and appreciate things like working from home, cleaner air, etc...
[edit]: I should say that the "boom" may be tiny, if so none of this may matter.
- marcosdumay 6y agoIt could as easily go the other way, and cause a drop on births. Either way it goes, the effect will probably be small and localized (where each place will have things differently). The US baby boom was caused by a coincidence of many important factors (people thinking "today is probably my last free day ever" was a huge one). We have none of them today.
- Izkata 6y ago> (people thinking "today is probably my last free day ever" was a huge one) The US baby boom coincided with when WWII ended, not began or during. Mainly it was families that would've gotten started during the war getting delayed until after.