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Prosperity induced fertility collapse beat it to the punch.
by mensetmanusman 11mo ago
Prosperity induced fertility collapse beat it to the punch.
- ChrisGreenHeur 11mo agoincome correlates with fertility in for example Sweden where the highest income bracket has 2.1 children.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoEveryone can’t be in the highest income bracket.
- ChrisGreenHeur 11mo agoreading comprehension the topic is fertility collapse due to prosperity the point is, is that actually the core issue?
- nandomrumber 11mo ago2.1 is replacement. Sweden’s over all fertility rate looks to be around 1.8.
- ChrisGreenHeur 11mo ago[flagged]
- hdgvhicv 11mo agoIs 2.1 high or low relative to the rest of Sweden?
- ChrisGreenHeur 11mo agoagain, read what the topic of conversation is
- mensetmanusman 11mo agoMaybe in that country, everywhere else in the world increases in prosperity mean fewer children.
- Zigurd 11mo agoPopulation decline is predicted or currently happening in some poor countries too. It's not a prosperity driven effect. Children don't die young anymore even in poor countries. There's just generally less pressure to spawn your own gang of supporters. Elon excepted I guess.
- mensetmanusman 11mo agoEvery poor country is dramatically wealthier than they were 70 years ago.
- mr_toad 11mo agoIt’s not a linear effect. Once you have enough money to afford family planning it’s more like a level shift.
- ChrisGreenHeur 11mo agoit is extremely linear (in Sweden)
- audunw 11mo agoI figure evolution will solve that. The kind of people who don’t have kids while living in prosperity will die out. The ones who reproduce will stick around.
- baq 11mo agoWe’ll build mirror life to assist us so we keep not needing children before evolution has a chance to fix anything. I postulate it is coming this century. Time for a wall-e rewatch.
- fooqux 11mo ago> Prosperity induced fertility collapse This is only a problem when you look at the micro level of cultures or individual states. Sure, some culture may die out, but that's been happening forever. There's 8 billion humans on this planet, and we're still fucking like we always have been. The human race will be safe from prosperity.
- Zigurd 11mo agoHumans will number 10 to 11 billion before the curve starts pointing downward. Even China, the supposed basket case of population collapse will "collapse" to their level of a few decades ago. The current population was supposed to be catastrophically overpopulated. I don't agree with them but there are significant numbers of people who think 10 or 11 billion is way beyond sustainability.
- weard_beard 11mo ago"Prosperity" implies that the problem is folks smart enough to not have children beyond the means to raise them into a similar or better lifestyle. I prefer "Precarity" induced fertility collapse. Down here in the mud I guess I have a different view with my 1 child and wife with a heart condition who would likely die from a 2nd pregnancy.