AssaultPepper@monero.town to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBirthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down110cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaycollapse@slrpnk.netcollapse@lemm.ee
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkBirthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide?www.theguardian.comAssaultPepper@monero.town to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square68fedilinkcross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaycollapse@slrpnk.netcollapse@lemm.ee
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-23 months ago There’s no need for another 9 billion people. There is a very strong need of a better life for 8 billion of us. Agreed, but there are many possibilities for where this trend heads and when it levels out. there’s no need for a chaotic, disrupted life for 5 billion of us there’s no need for widespread societal collapse as we no longer have the population to afford the infrastructure we’ve built out there’s no need to live in a dystopia of limitation with collapsing hope and vision, dying innovation and arts, ever constriction g, ever decreasing If we try to tweak the birth rate starting now, we’re more likely to land at a sweet spot like “ a better life for 8 billion of us.” And no, controlling women is not the way. Being evil always seems the faster and easier path, but where do you end up? Evil
Agreed, but there are many possibilities for where this trend heads and when it levels out.
If we try to tweak the birth rate starting now, we’re more likely to land at a sweet spot like “ a better life for 8 billion of us.”
And no, controlling women is not the way. Being evil always seems the faster and easier path, but where do you end up? Evil