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Ok, go to like, every other city in China, Japan, South Korea, or most of the cities of Western Europe. Take your pick.
by kaesar14 5y ago
Ok, go to like, every other city in China, Japan, South Korea, or most of the cities of Western Europe. Take your pick.
- rayiner 5y agoAll civilizations in decline because they can’t accommodate the basic human function of conveniently raising 2.1 new humans per couple. What’s the point of technology that doesn’t serve human needs? Go to Dallas and look at all the families with 3-4 kids. That’s what the future looks like. (Except the minivans and pickup trucks are probably electric.)
- splitstud 5y ago
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoTexas is 1.8-1.9 child per family, the same as California. If you want to see four kid families, you need to go to SLC, not Dallas.
- rayiner 5y agoCalifornia is a big place. Just 13% of San Francisco’s population is under 18; and Hong Kong is about the same. Garland and Bakersfield are double that. Public transit apparently kills a civilization’s desire to perpetuate itself.
- modernpink 5y agoWe're moving to a future where fewer humans are necessary to run economies. The trend of the future is smaller and more prosperous populations doing more meaningful activities, rather than a future of slum-ponzi-ism where an ever increasing amount of bodies are needed to fuel economic growth.
- rayiner 5y agoIn this context we’re talking about merely being able to maintain population stability.