Don’t Overcomplicate Babymaking

By now, most sane people have come to realize that humanity faces an underpopulation crisis. After centuries of philosophes, utilitarians, Darwinists, eugenicists, and environmentalists warning of an overpopulation crisis that would devour the planet in some fashion, recent conditions in the developed world have actually resulted in low birth rates, aging demographics, and inevitable population decline. Many formerly fecund countries like Japan, South Korea, Germany, and Italy will rapidly dwindle over the course of the next several decades.

It’s anyone’s guess how this happened. It’s likely some combination of decreasing religious practice, increasing material prosperity, automation, an increasingly decadent culture, and the misanthropic ideologues scaring people.

However, because the problem of underpopulation is so complex, it becomes equally difficult to offer a comprehensive solution. The

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