Why did Elon Musk say - Singapore will disappear?
Why did Elon Musk say - singapore will disappear?Many countries around the world are troubled by the declining population today. At the same time, many countries are struggling with the problem of declining fertility rate (low fertility rate). Talking about Singapore, the situation there is getting worse. The fertility rate in singapore has reached 0.97. Whereas a fertility rate of 2.1 is necessary to maintain population balance.What did Elon Musk write about Singapore?Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk has posted about this problem of Singapore. Musk wrote in his post, 'Singapore (and many other countries) is coming to an end. According to Newsweek, due to increasing elderly population, decreasing workers and decreasing labor power in singapore, robots are being used in factories as well as food distribution. By 2023, 25 percent of Singapore's age will be more than 65 years.50 percent drop in the world's fertility rateAccording to the international Federation of Robotics, there are 770 robots for every 10,000 employees in Singapore. Because of this, there is a plethora of robocops, robo-cleaners, robo-waiters and robo-dogs everywhere in Singapore. It is worth mentioning that till the 1970s, in countries like south korea, japan and China, an average woman had more than five children. Now, in these countries, an average woman does not even have one child. In the last 50 years, the fertility rate of the whole world has seen a 50 percent drop.South Korea has a scheme to give cash rewards for giving birth to childrenInterestingly, south korea has started a cash reward scheme for women to give birth to more children. According to the government scheme, from 2022 onwards, a woman giving birth to a child in south korea will get a cash bonus of 1850 US dollars (1,57,000 indian rupees) for the entire expenses before the delivery of the child.What is the meaning of fertility rate?How many children does a woman of any country, society and group become the mother of on an average in her life? This is called the fertility rate of that country, society and group. For example, if an indian woman gives birth to an average of three children in her entire life, then the fertility rate of india will be 3.