We can have a healthy balance. It doesn’t have to be one of two extremes.
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Evolution would seem to have already selected strongly for k.
As far as I understand, k-selection is when you have fewer offsprings because of assured longevity.
Birthrates are falling in developed countries, and that’s horrible because it is the people of those countries that you want to keep around. So in a very naive understanding, they seem to have leaned too much into the k-selection model, hence my statement.
By the way, there’s no overpopulation problem. It’s just that uncivilized nations are procreating too much, and the civilized world is subsidizing that, otherwise it wouldn’t have been possible.
I see your point. The trouble is, they aren't really leaning into taking care of the offspring that they have. More like passing them through the fire of Moloch.
These are too far gone to be saved by mortal hands, many are already demons.
But even the, albeit relatively, good westerners who are having kids, they’re having 1 or maybe 2 kids maximum, and these kids probably won’t have children of their own. I’m not even sure this trend can be reversed.