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Re:Children of Men: The Future Is a Mirror for the Present by swiftcoder on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:06AM (#50426661)
And? It's only a few years since folks were deeply worried about overpopulation, and whether the earth could support 10 billion people...
Re:Children of Men: The Future Is a Mirror for the Present by stavros on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:01AM (#50427381)
Yeah, I don't understand how we can be worried about both things at the same time. In my view, it's good that reproduction is below replacement. Yeah, pensions won't be great, but at least we won't spread like a cancer onto a strained planet.
Re:Children of Men: The Future Is a Mirror for the Present by jacquesm on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:45AM (#50428052)
That's one of the weirdest realizations I had in the Northern Territories of Canada. There are people living everywhere. Of course they must have looked at me the same way, so I can't really complain.