Comment on if the total fertility rate drops and stays below global replacement rate, will humans disappear?

Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• lovely_reader@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Would the shrinkage in the labor force make it impossible to provide end of life care and financial support as the larger generations age?

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  • Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • lovely_reader@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Would smaller groups feel a reduced strain from that?

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  • Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Robots

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• yes_this_time@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Restricting reproductive rights is not ethical.

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  • LordGimp@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Unlimited reproductive rights is also unethical. Unlimited growth is not sustainable in a finite environment. As masters of our environment, it is our moral responsibility to ensure our existence does not destabilize everything else. We’ve done so poorly as a species that the world is about to undergo a cataclysmic shift.

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    • yes_this_time@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Agreed we are not in a good spot and unlimited population is not sustainable. However, sex education, access to birth control, and strong women’s rights is the answer in my opinion not ‘enforcing’ limits - which reads as an authoritarian dystopia to me. Economic growth is good as long as it’s decoupled from natural resource use/impact.

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  • daq@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What if selection is truly random?

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