[paulryanrogers]

No one chooses to be born. Once they are, they may find that procreation is impossible for them or just not something they'll do well or even want. None of these is necessarily depressing.

We have no shortage of humans, so there's no need to try to shame the childless. Nor those who focus on themselves.

[jimbokun]

We are on course to have far more elderly people than young people.

A global retirement community without even any grandkids to visit them strikes me as a depressing dystopian future.

[foobarian]

The question is what happens after they are gone?

[littlexsparkee]

I see less burden on earth's environment as a positive.

[zwaps]

Not to contradict your conclusion but many countries definitely have an extreme shortage of new humans

[komali2]

Lines on a map are just that. Globally we're doing fine. And anyway, constant growth can't continue forever, it's probably a good thing if we stabilize or even shrink a bit.