• CompostMaterial@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It’s not really about who gets to reproduce, it’s about infant mortality.

    Pre-1900 there were just around a billion people, yet it was very common to have 7-10 children. Most didn’t make it to reproductive age, so the population wasn’t growing at that same rate.

    Now infant mortality is low, very low in developed countries, yet it is still common to have 4-6 children. Nearly all of whom will reproduce.

    Realisticly, no one needs more than one children. Two would be generous. More than two is excessive.

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      9 months ago

      no one needs more than one children

      So… this is how it ends. Some predicted a virus, a climate change related natural disaster or an asteroid. But what finally got us, was some bad math.