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Do elaborate on how war or inventions will make more babies? It's something I've certainly thought about quite a bit and would love to study more in the future

Do elaborate on how war or inventions will make more babies? It's something I've certainly thought about quite a bit and would love to study more in the future, but the parent post was correct: The population in developed countries will be declining if there are no significant changes in how life longevity or increased birthrates (which can be affected by a lot of factors). For more information: Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Scott Burns (2004). The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future'. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-11286. Description and chapter-preview links, p. vii. The Age Curve: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAge-Curve-Profit-Coming-Demographic%2Fdp%2F0814401813&ei=REDITpDFEMW4tgeR6az6Cw&usg=AFQjCNH_FHspko0wd3fub_IoJRO0y3XuDQ&sig2=x4FSUTSHc5Z2WWmPTV4CCA http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&#...

moe 15y ago
Do elaborate on how war or inventions will make more babies? Well, wars probably remove babies, same for the invention of the anti-baby pill. IIRC neither the wars nor the pill were predicted in the 1900s, just like we can't predict what will happen before the end of this century. Some big asteroid impact might just end our population concerns for good. Or perhaps we defeat aging with bio-tech. Or designer-babies become so popular that everyone even in developed countries suddenly wants five. I'm not saying any of that will happen. I'm just wary of predictions reaching more than half a century into the future. After all: We're having this discussion on a medium that nobody 50 years ago would have imagined to exist (outside of SciFi books).
prodigal_erik 15y ago
The US "baby boom" following World War II leaps to mind, when we prospered while our economic rivals were recovering from major infrastructure damage. As does the "green revolution" when the world postponed widespread famine through heavy adoption of artificial fertilizers and pesticides and the best known farming tactics.

moe 15y ago

Do elaborate on how war or inventions will make more babies? Well, wars probably remove babies, same for the invention of the anti-baby pill. IIRC neither the wars nor the pill were predicted in the 1900s, just like we can't predict what will happen before the end of this century. Some big asteroid impact might just end our population concerns for good. Or perhaps we defeat aging with bio-tech. Or designer-babies become so popular that everyone even in developed countries suddenly wants five. I'm not saying any of that will happen. I'm just wary of predictions reaching more than half a century into the future. After all: We're having this discussion on a medium that nobody 50 years ago would have imagined to exist (outside of SciFi books).

prodigal_erik 15y ago

The US "baby boom" following World War II leaps to mind, when we prospered while our economic rivals were recovering from major infrastructure damage. As does the "green revolution" when the world postponed widespread famine through heavy adoption of artificial fertilizers and pesticides and the best known farming tactics.