"Why we should have fewer children: to save the planet"

[Warren DeMontague]

86. And like I said, that's a resource utilization problem, not a population one.

We have problems, the first world has problems- the big one being finding clean, non-renewable ways to power our civilization, stat: but "population" or namely the fertility rate, isn't one of them. Not when simple choice and reproductive freedom and contraception have already drastically lowered the fertility rate.

So as for humans being "smart enough", yes- they are. They have been, already.



If people are concerned about overpopulation, there ARE places in the world where it's an issue. But like I said upthread, the humane way to address that is to try and improve the standard of living for those people and hopefully encourage their societies to empower individuals and particularly women to be free from authorities who would dictate their personal life choices to them (cough) particulary WRT sex and reproduction.

The human race needs to figure out our resource and energy problems, absolutely- and it's no slam dunk that we'll be able to crack that nut- but arguing about population is a distraction from that.

You're proposing a "solution" to a problem that doesn't actually exist, but seems more about virtue signalling and allowing "childfree" people to assert some kind of moral superiority for their life choices. But really, if someone is genuinely happy with their decision not to have kids, fundamentally, they shouldn't need to do that. And just like no one can make you feel inferior without your consent, you also don't need the validation of others to feel superior- you think you made the better call, hey, good for you!

Great, for people who didn't have kids. Congratulations.

If someone wants to feel better about not having children, pick up and take a trip to a fancy restaurant, or an R rated movie, or Thailand on a whim without having to arrange logistics on the level of a moon launch. Enjoy.