I'm continually amazed how this isn't #1 topic on governments' agenda across the developed world. We're looking at South Korea losing 95% of its generational cohort size in 100-year timeframe. 80% for Japan or Italy, 70% for Germany, etc. Climate change is on everyone's mind - but what's the point of solving climate change if there's barely anyone left to inherit the planet?

Black Death, Mongols, world wars, not even intentional genocides managed to inflict this level of population loss. And it's met with yawns and shrugs, as if it's unavoidable like gravity.

And no - people's desire to have children hasn't dropped all that much:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/upshot/american-fertility...

https://www.oecd.org/els/family/SF_2_2-Ideal-actual-number-c...