And yet every article written in this same magazine about immigration suggests that our civilization will collapse without a growing population.<p>Perhaps there is truth to both, but also some unspecified nuance. It’s not just a numbers game. Each person on this planet either makes things better for the rest, or worse. If it’s getting worse, it’s because the size and effect of the latter group grows faster than the former.<p>Some people can only see life as a zero-sum game, and all good people as competition for their not-so-good schemes. For some reason, the anti-natalists seem focused on pushing their message at elite universities and their high-literacy readership. This is just stupid. Our sustained quality of life depends on children from these people, and probably suffers from those that would never thoughtfully consider the message.