If you have a shrinking population then the % of the population that makes stuff... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

andrekandre on June 11, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are l...

  If you have a shrinking population then the % of the population that makes stuff gets a lot smaller so everyone has to be poorer. No "economic system" can change that.

sure, but if people are too exhausted to make the time to have a family (a.k.a nookie) then its maybe worth examining [0] if "constant growth" is societally sustainable

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/japan-m...

Clewza313 on June 12, 2021 | [–]

Actually making children is by far the least exhausting part of the process.

throwaway9980 on June 12, 2021 | | [–]

Something like 0.000000001% of the process.

harryh on June 12, 2021 | [–]

I don't see what people being exhausted has to do with population growth.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact