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More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older

217 points · 282 comments · karakoram

  1. zugi · · focus · HN ↗
    Years ago people warned that we had to limit the population to save the planet.

    Now we're naturally reducing population growth, and people warn of disaster.

    Gradually decreasing populations means that overall, fewer workers have to support more non-workers. We've had decades of productivity growth, with more to come if we're not stupid, making that extremely feasible.

    1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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