IcaroRibeiro said:
The birth rate decline shows people don't want to have kids either. At least not people with more secular background The fact this is widespread worldwide in almost every country strongly implies this is a pattern for every modern society, and the only way to break the pattern would be coming back to how things were in past i.e. no more social security (you need children to care of you), women no longer working (more time to raise children), etc |
End of civilization is always thought to be due to some apocalypse. But it looks like the natural progression for modern societies is to shrivel up and die...
There are other ways to break the pattern, putting more value on having children over working. AI revolution can help with that, but not if the billionaire class takes all the wealth generated by AI.
If modern societies want to be sustainable in the long term, raising children should be rewarded the same as working for a company. Which requires a huge shift in social values. In today's society being a stay at home mom/dad living on welfare is looked down on. But err, you need children to sustain a society.
Job working hours can be tuned to school hours instead of having to work more to pay for childcare. Education should be free, school supplies and everything. The costs of raising a child need to be lowered a lot.
And perhaps make our society a lot more inviting (and safe) for children and families...
