The Age of Depopulation | Demographic Winter Report #20

 Elon Musk: “Having a child is one of the most delightful…things you can possibly do” – Live Action, October 13, 2024 https://www.liveaction.org/news/elon-musk-having-child-delightful-possibly-do/

 

“During a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk discussed the problematic trend of declining birth rates worldwide and said the society needs to stop teaching women to be scared of having babies.”

 

Can the Government Get People to Have More Babies ? – The New York, October 13, 2024Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/world/asia/birth-rate-fertility-policy-japan.html

 

“In 1989, Japan seemed to be an unstoppable superpower. Its companies were overtaking competitors and gobbling up American icons like Rockefeller Center. But inside the country, the government had identified a looming sow-motion crisis. The fertility rate had fallen to a record low. Policymakers called it the ‘1.57 shock,’ citing the projected average number of children that women would have over their childbearing years.’

 

“If births continued to decline, they warned, the consequences would be disastrous. Taxes would rise or social security coffers would shrink. Japanese children would lack sufficient per interaction. Society would lose its vitality as the supply of young workers dwindled.”

 

The Age of Depopulation: Surviving a World Gone Grey – Nicholas Eberstadt in Foreign Affairs, October 10, 2024

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/age-depopulation-surviving-world-gone-gray-nicholas-eberstadt

 

“Although few have yet to see it coming, Humans are about to enter a new era of history. Call it the age of depopulation. For the first time since the Black death in the 1300s, the planetary population will decline. But whereas the last implosion was caused by a deadly disease born by fleas, the coming one will be entirely due to choices made by people.”

 

“With birthrates plummeting, more and more societies are heading into an era of pervasive and indefinite depopulation that will eventually encompass the whole planet. What lies ahead is a world made up of shrinking and aging societies. Net mortality – when a society experiences more deaths than births – will likewise become the new norm.”