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The World’s Population May Peak in Your Lifetime. What Happens Next?
(www.nytimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
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It is way scarier when the old people are the majority of the population
A couple more covid-level events will take care of that.
Is it?
I'd be much more concerned if the world population skewed young and we were still projecting mass population decline within their lifetimes.
You need to see the big picture
He or she doesn't want it.
Its a very, very uncomfortable truth. The older generations needs the workforce of younger generations in order to get things like good, medical help and other things. This work will not getting lower about decades.