IcaroRibeiro said:
Neither is it natural (from an evolutionary perspective) for us to spend half our lives staring at a TV or mobile screen, my dear Curl. Yet here we are! The cold truth is: humanity decreasing in numbers is a good thing. A great thing, actually. We're already far past the maximum population this little planet can sustainably support, at least with our current levels of consumption and spending A couple of decades ago, people were worried the Earth could no longer provide enough resources to sustain the human population. Now, we might actually have a chance to keep things under control without severely sacrificing technology and the comforts it brings us |
Yeah decreasing the overall population in the long term is only a good thing.
The fact is that the vast majority of Earth's population does not yet live at 'our' level of consumption and spending. Hence economic migration. Consumption will still go up a whole lot while living standards equalize.
But still having more kids will be necessary to eventually sustain a stable population. Our current living standards / ways of life in western societies leads to ever shrinking population. Which will only accelerate as people live longer and keep off having kids until later in life.
(I do hope my kids have kids faster than me so I'm not in my late 70s already before I see grand children lol)
