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HN has some nasty edges at the best of times, but the statistical view of humanity - all that matters is how many people there are and how they fit into the economy - is particularly prone to bringing out this kind of thinking.

Everyone's decision to have children or not is individual, and should be addressed as such.

I agree. There are so many people among us whom users of 4chan are trying to emulate

People dying naturally of old age is not a tragedy.

Population decline from things other than catastrophic events is not necessarily a bad thing.

Agreed, a lot of anti-human "death cult" mentality surrounding a lot of environmentalism

Oh come on, no there isn't.

Have you seen what life in Tokyo looks like for the average person today? The size of apartments, the crowds on subways, etc.

People's quality of life would be far better if the population density were lower.

I'd much rather have a world with a steady or shrinking number of people and a rising quality of life, than a world with an exponentially growing population and declining quality of life.

I admit my comment was fairly dramatic, but your comment is sort of what i'm talking about. A specific city is crowded so your solution is to just get rid of the humans? the humans are the whole point! I will admit though my comment is mostly motivated by emotions, i get really bad vibes from people who want fewer humans on earth. Probably letting those vibes cloud my judgement

With all due respect, there is a Japan outside of Tokyo, you know. Japan does not have a problem with population density, Tokyo does, and there are reasons for it.

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