in case anyone is wondering, if you want your society to increase its population, have more than 2 children per couple. if you want it to remain steady have every couple have 2 children. if you want it to decline, have 1 child per couple or less (zero). this is based on a 100 year life span and 25 year old mating age with no deaths. population will peak in 4 generations if 2 children per couple at no deaths is achieved. you may want to consider the many factors not included in this for a more realistic way to increase/decrease populations. machines have already taken jobs from the masses today....what about in 20 years? what are people going to do for jobs when even more mechanization and automation occurrs? maybe i am wrong...maybe there will be more jobs somehow. what is coincidental is i am submitting this random comment under a person known as ''future slave''