Babies, Robots and Climate Change

Image from page 168 of “New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years” (1902). Image credit: Internet Archive Book Images via Flickr. Public Domain. Article by Katrin Bennhold. The New York Times – Newsletter – February 4, 2026.

One statistic that stopped me recently is that China’s population is projected by some experts to halve by the end of the century. Halve! China was the most populous country in the world until only three years ago. Birthrates in Italy, Germany and Japan have been low for as long as I can remember. They’re now falling across the world. So what does it mean for humanity when humanity is shrinking? […]

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