Floor space may be more preferable for having children, but if you’re implying that high population densities lower fertility rates, then that’s incorrect.
spare time
Yes, that’s a major limiting factor among responsible adults who want to procreate.
But it’s not the ultimate limiting factor.
Once again, it’s birth control.
nearby relatives are all important
It’s not really clear how that’s connected to the fertility crisis, unless you’re implying that extended families can sometimes help raise more children, which is often true.
But nearby relatives still don’t affect fertility nearly as much as birth control.
Yeah, motivations that are already near universally advocated by modern Western culture, like avoiding teenage pregnancies, avoiding STDs (encourages condom usage), a culture where having lots of children has lower social status, a culture that advertises career advancement and high socioeconomic mobility (at the cost of having fewer children), avoiding overpopulation, etc.
The bottom line is none of the things that you seem to have implied (i.e. density, time, and families) could hold a candle to the power of birth control.
Population growth never would’ve slowed down if birth control didn’t start getting mass-produced, more efficient, and more affordable.
That really shouldn’t be hard to understand.
As I already wrote in the FAQs, there are other factors that affect fertility rates as well, but it’s naive that most people never think about nor consider the importance of birth control.
I’ve never seen a LessWronger with a decent understanding of population dynamics, probably because there are close to none.
Yeah, and people are abundant in birth control. It really is that simple.
Floor space may be more preferable for having children, but if you’re implying that high population densities lower fertility rates, then that’s incorrect.
Yes, that’s a major limiting factor among responsible adults who want to procreate. But it’s not the ultimate limiting factor. Once again, it’s birth control.
It’s not really clear how that’s connected to the fertility crisis, unless you’re implying that extended families can sometimes help raise more children, which is often true. But nearby relatives still don’t affect fertility nearly as much as birth control.
It isn’t that simple, because they need a motivation to use it.
Yeah, motivations that are already near universally advocated by modern Western culture, like avoiding teenage pregnancies, avoiding STDs (encourages condom usage), a culture where having lots of children has lower social status, a culture that advertises career advancement and high socioeconomic mobility (at the cost of having fewer children), avoiding overpopulation, etc.
The bottom line is none of the things that you seem to have implied (i.e. density, time, and families) could hold a candle to the power of birth control. Population growth never would’ve slowed down if birth control didn’t start getting mass-produced, more efficient, and more affordable. That really shouldn’t be hard to understand.
As I already wrote in the FAQs, there are other factors that affect fertility rates as well, but it’s naive that most people never think about nor consider the importance of birth control. I’ve never seen a LessWronger with a decent understanding of population dynamics, probably because there are close to none.