Birth rates isn’t what motivates people. It’s the act that creates births that people care about. To that end, until it causes impotence.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but birth rates are already pretty low, and, worse than failing to deal with the problem, some people think that is a good thing.

Falling birth rates _is_ a good thing and in my view its the only viable solution to global warming. Less people is less energy use and pollution.

How can you say that? What about the economy?? Shame on you. I personally won't be happy until the global human population is well over a trillion.

With advances in genetic engineering we'll soon be able to metabolize plastics and continue growing the human population for colonizing the stars. It looks like plastic pollution is bad but it's actually good. All we need to do is CRISPR ourselves to digest plastics.

You're not allowed to say that on forums like HN because this is a place of growth and optimism. Degrowth and other such philosophical positions are considered taboo by the moderators and those with high enough "karma" to make moderation decisions.

That's not any sort of moderation factor on HN.

It might already do.