This article made me sad. The subject is the coming depopulation of much of the world. For the majority of the world's inhabitants who no longer live on farms or rely on home production, children are no longer an economic asset but an avoidable liability. I suspect another cause: depopulation happens when religious faith disappears. But if life’s goal is larger than maximizing my welfare, if my job is to leave the world better for my presence in it, having children is much the best means of reaching that goal. Last but not least, raising kids is incomparably the greatest of life’s joys.
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