@MarkusDeserno It is ironic that higher living standards led to falling birth rates, but now the cost of housing and living and discouraging many potential parents from having children.
@MarkusDeserno the dramatic fall in birth rates is also due to increased anxiety and concern over the future of the planet and economic prospects. In western world, having children is often seen as not economically viable because of the high cost of living involved in bringing up children.
@super_dawny@CNN @GovHowardDean @hannaziady There's several causes for falling birth rates. Some reflect positive reasons – higher incomes, improved education & improved access to health care & reproductive services. Falling birth rates have enabled many women to pursue a much greater range of economic & social activities.
@YahooSG Italy gives a stark warning of the impact of a low birth rate – with its population set to fall from 61 million in 2017 to 28 million by 2021. This kind of population decline will have major impacts on society, the economy, tax revenues, and available workers.
@YahooSG In the past few decades, there has been a dramatic decline in global birth rates, with many developed economies seeing their birth rate fall well below the ‘replacement ratio’ of 2.1 – meaning that their population will be set to decline in future years.
@robalancollins A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.
@gabbybreaux_ Which job is a LOT less fun than most people expect?
I'll go first.
Video game tester.
You aren't spending your time playing completed fully realized games. You are playing the same level of a game over and overseeing if there are bugs.
Bill Gates said, "I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."
What's a real-life example of this?