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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by toomuchtodo on Saturday September 30, 2023 @01:04PM (#37717416)
If people want children and can't because of socioeconomic systems (working arrangements, basic living need costs, childcare, etc), society is robbing those potential parents of joy. Conversely, if systems are preventing people who don't want to be parents from affirming those reproductive choices, society is again robbing those potential childfree people of joy (as well as the suffering of unwanted children brought into the world; roughly ~40% of annual pregnancies in the US and globally are unintended [1]).

If both cohorts are supported and optimized for, and population decline continues, the population decline is not something to be solved for. Optimize for societal systems to continue to function at certain levels in the face of a declining population [2]. As usual, Japan will lead the way and show us the future.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36127247 (citations)

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37717497

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Saturday September 30, 2023 @05:07PM (#37719821)
> as well as the suffering of unwanted children brought into the world; roughly ~40% of annual pregnancies in the US and globally are unintended [1]

Unintended pregnancy != unwanted child.

There are a huge number of children born whose conception was unintended but have always been loved and wanted by their parents starting at birth or even during pregnancy.

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by toomuchtodo on Saturday September 30, 2023 @05:49PM (#37720223)
Sure, but we should be driving the number of unwanted children to as close to zero as possible. Lots of work left to go in that regard based on the data. Hopefully unintended but wanted children are loved adequately.
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