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People still have children and most countries do not need to be any more crowded than they are already. In fact many countries would benefit from having a lower population density.

Technology has already replaced most agricultural workers in most developed countries and I can't imagine anyone wanting to return to pre-industrial agriculture.




100 present day South Koreans will have 6 great-grandchildren total. That's an extinction level event.

Ofcourse if the current trends continue.


It's only extinction if you extrapolate this continuing over many generations, but of course every generation reevaluates their priorities


Wow, interesting. Though my math comes out to 6.64 (== 100*(.5*0.81)**3).

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220223000644




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