i think to maintain the population, a couple needs to have to have 2.4 kids or something. there's no way im doing that it sounds like it sucks. fuck the future of humanity I don't give a shit
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Humanity will be better off with a lower population.
The freak out around less people is the theory of dependence on labor replacement.
But the variables of that equation are about to change dramatically as a result of tech advancements.
Within a generation, it won't matter if there's billions less people because there will be billions more virtual laborers to offset the decrease.
Rich people are freaking out about birth rates for increasingly obsolete reasons.
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Yeah that is bull. There is a number you can pay me to have another kid I assure you. If you got money for a plane that can't fly in the rain and a border fence that fell down you got money to pay for babies.
Like is it necessary to have replacement? I’m just think it’s not such a bad thing if population shrinks a bit, I’m only referring to the US. Like I think we find ourselves in a housing and inflation crisis because our parents and our parents parents had a bunch of kids. Am I the only person thinking a decline in population isn’t such a bad thing? Could it be possible to have a flat population?
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We have more than enough people.