> IMO governments should have started doing something about 20 years ago if they wanted to keep things on-track... I guess my thought is that it's non-obvious

> IMO governments should have started doing something about 20 years ago if they wanted to keep things on-track... I guess my thought is that it's non-obvious what "doing something" would have looked like. The seemingly inevitable outcome of economic, social, and technological progress has been declining birthrates, and many proposed solutions would effectively involve reversing one of those three things. I'm honestly not sure that would be a better outcome. I'd welcome a more palatable alternative, but it's not clear one will be forthcoming.