if we don't want to have kids because of early-school start-times, forced busing, school-uniforms, foreign-language, and signing up for the draft to get college-aid--how would finding God or working less as an adult help?
Those aren't the real reasons. They are: (1) housing and other kid-related costs are too expensive; (2) it's fun to be single, or married without children; (3) many women who would like to stay home with their kids can't, either because they want two incomes or because they're single; (4) people don't see having children as a purpose in life or obligation to society.
The drop in fertility is the great filter of the 21st century. Those subcultures that can avoid the nihilism and materialism of our current zeitgeist will inherit the earth. Those that cannot will die out but not before doing their best to infect the subcultures that are thriving. They call it the woke mind virus for a reason after all and virus is a very good metaphor as they literally cannot reproduce it without a host .... all those wide eyed kids who enter the education system and social media to be spiritually destroyed by it.
While there is a biological urge to reproduce, I think the susceptibility to continue one's culture also has at least some heritability. Those whose culture values children as in inherent good will continue and thrive and those cultures which dont will die out.
Interesting to see you miss the obvious other solution - technology! Fertility enhancing tech would act to boost birth rates - just see how much people spend on IVF and surrogacy currently. Better IVF and artificial wombs would be a great benefit.
There are clearly large chunks of people who would like more children but are not able to have them.
There is a large discrepancy between prime fertility and prime earning ages - in part because education takes so long and life expectancy has increased.
I disagree with the point Japan is a good example, when you can argue many of their real problems are yet to manifest due to the debt only now being declared unsustainable by a increasing amount of observers including the Prime minister who compared his country to Greece, boks words indeed. On the point of bribing, I also disagree, most attempts at "bribing" are barely enough to offset long term costs and we can envision more expansive policy in this regard like for example giving money for a down payment on a home or just building one outright whether that be a nice apartment or house
if we don't want to have kids because of early-school start-times, forced busing, school-uniforms, foreign-language, and signing up for the draft to get college-aid--how would finding God or working less as an adult help?
Those aren't the real reasons. They are: (1) housing and other kid-related costs are too expensive; (2) it's fun to be single, or married without children; (3) many women who would like to stay home with their kids can't, either because they want two incomes or because they're single; (4) people don't see having children as a purpose in life or obligation to society.
The drop in fertility is the great filter of the 21st century. Those subcultures that can avoid the nihilism and materialism of our current zeitgeist will inherit the earth. Those that cannot will die out but not before doing their best to infect the subcultures that are thriving. They call it the woke mind virus for a reason after all and virus is a very good metaphor as they literally cannot reproduce it without a host .... all those wide eyed kids who enter the education system and social media to be spiritually destroyed by it.
While there is a biological urge to reproduce, I think the susceptibility to continue one's culture also has at least some heritability. Those whose culture values children as in inherent good will continue and thrive and those cultures which dont will die out.
Interesting to see you miss the obvious other solution - technology! Fertility enhancing tech would act to boost birth rates - just see how much people spend on IVF and surrogacy currently. Better IVF and artificial wombs would be a great benefit.
There are clearly large chunks of people who would like more children but are not able to have them.
There is a large discrepancy between prime fertility and prime earning ages - in part because education takes so long and life expectancy has increased.
Great article tho! I really enjoyed the inclusion of space as a space colonist enthusiast!
I disagree with the point Japan is a good example, when you can argue many of their real problems are yet to manifest due to the debt only now being declared unsustainable by a increasing amount of observers including the Prime minister who compared his country to Greece, boks words indeed. On the point of bribing, I also disagree, most attempts at "bribing" are barely enough to offset long term costs and we can envision more expansive policy in this regard like for example giving money for a down payment on a home or just building one outright whether that be a nice apartment or house