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Re:China’s SenseTime, the world’s highest-valued AI startup,... by nimmer on Thursday May 31, 2018 @03:55PM (#17199607)
> Births below replacement rate

This is the opposite of a problem. Overpopulation is a huge global issue.

> Vast prison population and byzantine court system > Systemic Unemployment and Age Discrimination

You forgot discrimination based on ethnicity, nationality and, most notably, wealth.

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Re:China’s SenseTime, the world’s highest-valued AI startup,... by kazinator on Thursday May 31, 2018 @03:59PM (#17199652)
Birth below replacement rate being a problem is usually in the context of the problem of "us dwindling versus them proliferating".
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Re:China’s SenseTime, the world’s highest-valued AI startup,... by Retric on Thursday May 31, 2018 @06:42PM (#17200969)
Every large ethnic group is at least slightly below replacement rate in the USA. Some more than others but it's not a good sign suggesting that people are generally struggling.

PS: Male:Female gender imbalance at birth + early deaths is why the replacement rate is over 2.0 lifetime births per woman.

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