I don’t know that people understand that we are living thru one of the most drastic changes in the history of our species.
Across all regions, child mortality has plummeted. This has global implications for psychology, politics, ecology, EVERYTHING. And we’re all just kinda…living thru it.
This is also likely the single biggest cause of declining fertility rates: when you have a very high chance of seeing your children reach adulthood you have less of a reason to have large numbers of them. There are probably other things that have pushed fertility below replacement rates in developed countries, but declining child mortality can definitely explain the drop from 7+ kids to approximately 2-3 kids per woman.
Agreed.
It isn’t hard to look at the numbers and see a correlation.
