Elon Musk, father of six and a billionaire, has said that “One of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate and the rapidly declining birthrate.” He told the Wall Street Journal’s annual CEO Council:
So many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and think that the population is growing out of control. It’s completely the opposite. Please look at the numbers. If people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble, mark my words.
This is certainly true of Western civilization, where declining birth rates are already significantly below the replacement rate. If only the climate-obsessed baby doomers would listen!