> Every contrived "benefit" of fertility is actually a benefit of having a sufficiently large working population, not of rotely making new babies. I disagree.

> Every contrived "benefit" of fertility is actually a benefit of having a sufficiently large working population, not of rotely making new babies. I disagree. First, people are good in and of themselves. Second, while immigration is great, the health of a culture requires some endogenous replenishment.