Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19

Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by nicbou on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @06:43PM (#24414477)

Great answer! I didn't know about The Population Bomb. I was more worried about climate change. As far as I know, the planet can feed a few billion extra people.

> Raising a child is spending 20-40 hrs a week for 18 years [...] to create another person [...] who will spend ~40 years generating GDP and paying taxes

Let's not forget that this person will eventually retire and require increasingly expensive care.

That makes me curious. If the current economy can only function with a growing population, then it takes > 1 person to subsidise your upbringing/retirement. Does that mean that 1 human life costs more than the output of a human's entire life?

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Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du... by jelliclesfarm on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:41PM (#24416817)

Only if we are Luddites. The argument that we need more children to take care of the elderly is moot ..and false.

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