It is impressive that we seem conditioned into attaching good sentiment to low birth rates in our considerations, while in reality it's going to make us suffer

It is impressive that we seem conditioned into attaching good sentiment to low birth rates in our considerations, while in reality it's going to make us suffer later in life. Life in a society with high dependency ratio will be necessarily harsh, unless some truly fantastical technological force multipliers will be there in time to take the load. This latter part is usually implied when discussing the demographic change, but it fails even under moderate intellectual scrutiny. I would very much like to have a serious discussion about the demography and dependency ratio trends with people across opinion spectrum.