The joy of being a landlord

[Freakbro]

Please do

Sorry, I mean don't.

 

[fez]

Nope, just don't keep reiterating the 'growth is good' mantra, it's not. The low birth rate in 1st world countries would over 3 generation level off the population with natural die off. There are longer term gains here, both financially and personally. There's an awful lot of 'make work' out there. Stuff that's meaningless in the real world. There's lots of stuff currently done by office admin that AI would do a better job of. The government could very easily be replaced by AI, that suggests policy that can then be voted on. The sooner we get shot of those who are in that place for personal advancement the better. I could go on.

How would it level off? Do a quick bit of maths for me. Start at 1000 and keep multiplying it by 0.75 (the current birth rate in the UK) and tell me when it starts to level off. As for replacing a government with AI and letting people vote on issues. Thats madness. We already have a stupid population that is easily manipulated and swayed. Imagine if issues were decided by the average citizen with the square root of FA knowledge on the issue. It would be a disaster.

Running a society is hard. Really hard. There are no easy solutions to these problems.

 

[Semple]

Then the crux of the issue is how do you start making babies again. People never seem to consider this. The birth rate isn't plummeting because people can't have children, its because they don't want them. The future is looking bleak to some, they are unaffordable for many, they are a huge amount of work and society has very little love for children. We place very little value in education and raising good children in this mess of a world is getting harder and harder.

We would have to somehow fix all the reasons people aren't having enough children while we let the excess population die off.

Whilst I'm not disagreeing that couples are deliberately choosing not to have children because of costs, and various other reasons.

There is definitely an increasing element of couples who can't have children despite wanting them. Having some close friends/colleagues who have gone through fertility treatment, it's certainly been an eye opener as to the state of things. Men's sperm rates have been dropping significantly over the last few generations. I suspect a real mix of overall health, what foods we eat, how much we drink, daily stresses and anxieties, tiredness and energy levels, etc. All play some role in how fertile a man can be. You really don't have to look far to spot unhealthy blokes.