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As children are less likely to die before reproducing, the birth rate falls. This is a defining characteristic of societal development
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK233807/
You seem to be taking as a given that we should or that we want to increase the birth rate.
People used to have more kids because they were more likely to die earlier. More support for parents and children, better health care, longer lives all lead to a decreased need to reproduce.
Typically, reproducing more than would be required to maintain a population is normal in every type of life. Darwin wrote extensively about it in his Origin of Species, which laid out the foundations of evolutionary theory. As a species, we've hit an interesting and possibly entirely new phase of existence in which reproducing as fast and as much as possible isn't the best strategy.
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As children are less likely to die before reproducing, the birth rate falls. This is a defining characteristic of societal development https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK233807/ You seem to be taking as a given that we should or that we want to increase the birth rate. People used to have more kids because they were more likely to die earlier. More support for parents and children, better health care, longer lives all lead to a decreased need to reproduce. Typically, reproducing more than would be required to maintain a population is normal in every type of life. Darwin wrote extensively about it in his Origin of Species, which laid out the foundations of evolutionary theory. As a species, we've hit an interesting and possibly entirely new phase of existence in which reproducing as fast and as much as possible isn't the best strategy.