The tipping point: what happens when deaths outnumber births?

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bayarearefugee•about 2 hours ago

These demographic trends, in the west at least, will continue until we solve wealth inequality which we seemingly aren't going to do until there is eventually violent revolt.

aeternum•15 minutes ago

False, higher inequality actually boosts fertility. And it's a surprisingly strong correlation. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11620411/

mc32•about 2 hours ago

I doubt it. Of do we’d see the supermajority wealthy people having lots of kids. As it is now the people most apt to reproduce are in the lower strata of the economy.

nerdsniper•about 2 hours ago

https://www.today.com/parents/parents/elon-musk-kids-rcna196...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saud/tree/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenaebarnes/2022/07/10/elon-mus...

jdlshore•38 minutes ago

Neither you or parent have proven your position. Parent made a “conventional wisdom” statement without providing data; you shared three examples, and as the saying goes, the plural of “anecdote” is not “data.”

eowln•about 1 hour ago

The more we solve economic inequality the less children people have since they have more interesting things to do with their lives.

sharts•about 1 hour ago

That planet will improve

lotsofpulp•about 2 hours ago

I like how there is a decline in the total fertility rate from 2012 to 2023, and the ONS decides to assume the decline will stop and the TFR will plateau starting 2026.

The tipping point: what happens when deaths outnumber births?

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