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because people who want "eating low meat diets" and "walk, bike, or take public transport" go extinct first.


Why? (I speak as someone who fits that description and has kids)


> Why? (I speak as someone who fits that description and has kids)

I’m not the original commenter, but I assume that the reference is that this/your group fairly reliably across most cultures does not maintain the 2.1 children per woman birth rate / replacement rate needed to sustain a population.

At a minimum, this seems to be true for this particular socioeconomic class in most parts of Europe, East Asia, and US/Canada. Not sure about South Asia.


Doesn’t make sense. All groups are trending towards sub-replacement fertility. Even the mormons.


Israel has a TFR of 2.9, which has held steady for 40 years.




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