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Thank God we don't live in a box, and in fact, humans (especially in the west), have substantially declining birth rates. It seems humanity will top out at 11 b
by b3nji 3y ago
Thank God we don't live in a box, and in fact, humans (especially in the west), have substantially declining birth rates. It seems humanity will top out at 11 billion people, then rapidly decline after 2100.
If anything, we are heading for a de-population bomb, and it doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon.
We need to have more children to ensure our species continues.
https://www.hoover.org/research/de-population-bomb https://www.hoover.org/research/de-population-bomb
- xnx 3y ago> to ensure our species continues. Why is that important to you?
- RiceRichardJ 3y agoWhy is this line of nihilist thinking so rampant? Have you given up on life?
- b3nji 3y agoLife, love, happiness, and hope. What wonderful things we will be denying to our children, and children's children if our species doesn't continue. Propagation, and the want to make ourselves better through our children is an ancient need, and hope. Why wouldn't it be the single most important thing?