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Re:The Global Fertility Crash by DoctorOetker on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:14PM (#21412508)
so ... sperm will start eating latex within 500 years?

Edit: if so, it seems we can get rid of plastics and pollutants like PFOA's in 500 year cycles by constructing condoms of the biggest pollutants...

Re:The Global Fertility Crash by shantly on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:21PM (#21412594)
The poster might have meant that heritable psychological tendencies that make one less likely to use birth control will become much more common.
Re:The Global Fertility Crash by cameldrv on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:34PM (#21412716)
It also doesn't have to be at the level of genes. Countries and religions apply varying levels of restriction on birth control, and make deciding to be a parent more or less desirable. All else equal, the groups that encourage having kids and discourage birth control will grow, and the others will shrink on a relative basis.