tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post529969727775783703..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Interesting demographicsMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31712774035472232832014-10-23T21:49:20.335-05:002014-10-23T21:49:20.335-05:00This is happening all over the developed world. In...This is happening all over the developed world. In fact, when I checked a couple of years ago, America was the only developed nation with a birth ratio over 2.0 (i.e. the level required for population stability). Personally, I think it's a natural consequence of child survival rates — if we have one or two children, we are confident they will reach adulthood and certainly expect all our children to outlive us. This was certainly not the case one hundred years ago and is still not the case for large parts of the world. The consequence of this is that we don't need to have more than one or two children per family now. Add to that pensions and the little physical effort required for work, and many people simply prefer not to have children in the first place. Hopefully this means the human population will eventually settle at a more comfortable equilibrium.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930112890626149390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-20134533097212515592014-10-23T21:41:27.091-05:002014-10-23T21:41:27.091-05:00Heck, out here in Hawaii the recovery's so goo...Heck, out here in Hawaii the recovery's so good they'd better be having babies. Our unemployment is down to 4.1%.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com