mike805 on Nostr: People speculating on why population is declining should look up the Rat Park ...

People speculating on why population is declining should look up the Rat Park experiments. Briefly, limited food with plenty of space, population is stable. Limited space with unlimited food produces insanity and extinction. It was repeatable.

Of course there are also the economic reasons. We have socialized both the costs and benefits of children. And by the time people are financially ready, their fertility has just about expired.