<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 4:51 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The cultures that value children and big <br>
families will then slowly start to grow and the cultures and communities <br>
that do not value children, will slowly start to disappear.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That would have happened long ago if it truly was that dominant.</div><div><br></div><div>In each generation, there are pulls and incentives for some individuals to not have children. These keep happening, even in modern times, though the natures and magnitudes may differ. I see no justifiable reason to believe these will go away in the foreseeable future.</div></div></div>