• ADTJ@feddit.uk
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    13 hours ago

    It’s not about infinite growth.

    Given that not everyone lives to old age, we would expect children to outnumber old people even in a zero (or slightly negative) percent growth scenario.

    • SethW@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Sure but lets allow the world population to naturally contract to 500 million or so before we start pushing for replacement numbers