… only that, but the predicted population decline, even in the worst-case scenarios, isn’t a problem. Prof. Alice Reid, director of the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, stated, “Both lower fertility and smaller populations should be celebrated rather than feared.” Why? Well, lower birth rates are often tied to increased education of women, greater gender equality, and higher living standards. Indeed, one of the major reasons people in developed countries like the US and Japan don’t have ki…