> societies progress up the hierarchy of needs from physical survival to emotional self-actualization, and as they do so, rearing children gets short shrift bec

> societies progress up the hierarchy of needs from physical survival to emotional self-actualization, and as they do so, rearing children gets short shrift because people pursue other, more individualist aims. … People find other ways to find meaning in life That's a nice standout for me. Taking into account the humans only aspect, it's good to see that those people are happier and finding more self fulfillment than in the alternative scenario. Of course that is just in a vacuum, though it does show that a huge part of the perception of this "problem" is a system that unnaturally requires more of us.