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I'm continually amazed how this isn't #1 topic on governments' agenda across the developed world. We're looking at South Korea losing 95% of its generational co
by thow-01187 5y ago
I'm continually amazed how this isn't #1 topic on governments' agenda across the developed world. We're looking at South Korea losing 95% of its generational cohort size in 100-year timeframe. 80% for Japan or Italy, 70% for Germany, etc. Climate change is on everyone's mind - but what's the point of solving climate change if there's barely anyone left to inherit the planet?
Black Death, Mongols, world wars, not even intentional genocides managed to inflict this level of population loss. And it's met with yawns and shrugs, as if it's unavoidable like gravity.
And no - people's desire to have children hasn't dropped all that much:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/upshot/american-fertility-is-falling-short-of-what-women-want.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/upshot/american-fertility...
https://www.oecd.org/els/family/SF_2_2-Ideal-actual-number-children.pdf https://www.oecd.org/els/family/SF_2_2-Ideal-actual-number-c...
- tpm 5y agoBarely anyone left? Africa alone is projected to have a population of 3 billion by 2100. https://qz.com/africa/1881468/how-fast-is-africas-population-growing/ https://qz.com/africa/1881468/how-fast-is-africas-population...