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> A hack might be only letting people who want children and want to take care of children have kids, and have multiple kids. How? We can not even achieve that

> A hack might be only letting people who want children and want to take care of children have kids, and have multiple kids. How? We can not even achieve that for pets. Can you come up with any valid qualification process for this?

muzani 6y ago
It's too big a problem to go into detail, but it's more of a social/cultural problem and the wrong incentives. Poorer families and cultures are encouraged to have kids, because kids can bring in more money, take care of other kids, feed their parents. People are often told, "Who's going to take care of you when you get old?" Having kids as an investment/retirement plan is bad. Then there are those who really want kids and would love to take care of them. 2-child policies are bad for them and the punishment can be too harsh. It's better for those people to have 4 kids, while other individuals have 0. Policies should be more towards the quality of kids and not quantity. One of the biggest expenses is college, medical (especially special children), and housing. Housing is hard to fix, but we could probably subsidize college and special education more.
- giantg2 6y ago
  Plus at the macro level, most economies are consumption driven and rely on population as a major driver of growth. I disagree with subsidizing college more that it is already. There are numerous scholarships available to promising students. Also, the government has been directly and indirectly funding colleges through grants and easy to get student loans. The problem with this is people going to college who might not be able to perform at that level, or who are unable to find a job that pays high enough after graduation. There is research that shows that some minority groups tend to pick careers in lower paying fields because they want to make a social impact (think teaching, social work, etc), so not everyone's goal is to maximize profit. There are plenty of trades that one can make more money working in, such as diesel-electric mechanic, welder, auto mechanic, aviation mechanic, etc.

muzani 6y ago

It's too big a problem to go into detail, but it's more of a social/cultural problem and the wrong incentives. Poorer families and cultures are encouraged to have kids, because kids can bring in more money, take care of other kids, feed their parents. People are often told, "Who's going to take care of you when you get old?" Having kids as an investment/retirement plan is bad. Then there are those who really want kids and would love to take care of them. 2-child policies are bad for them and the punishment can be too harsh. It's better for those people to have 4 kids, while other individuals have 0. Policies should be more towards the quality of kids and not quantity. One of the biggest expenses is college, medical (especially special children), and housing. Housing is hard to fix, but we could probably subsidize college and special education more.

giantg2 6y ago
Plus at the macro level, most economies are consumption driven and rely on population as a major driver of growth. I disagree with subsidizing college more that it is already. There are numerous scholarships available to promising students. Also, the government has been directly and indirectly funding colleges through grants and easy to get student loans. The problem with this is people going to college who might not be able to perform at that level, or who are unable to find a job that pays high enough after graduation. There is research that shows that some minority groups tend to pick careers in lower paying fields because they want to make a social impact (think teaching, social work, etc), so not everyone's goal is to maximize profit. There are plenty of trades that one can make more money working in, such as diesel-electric mechanic, welder, auto mechanic, aviation mechanic, etc.