Have you ever wondered where the word ‘helicopter’ comes from? I always thought it originated from the pairing of the words ‘heli’ and ‘copter’. After all, there are words like ‘heli-pad’ and ‘copter’ (or a ‘chopper’) that seem to support that interpretation. Turns out, that’s not true at all! Language has a funny way of taking a word and morphing it into something else.
This is the third and final part of the post series where I explore the reasons behind the sharp change in birth rates currently happening everywhere around the world. I will also be looking to find answers to the question of whether it is really that bad if global populations decrease.
In the previous post (Part 1), I started looking into the question of why are birth rates (and fertility rates, which, while not technically synonymous, reflect the same trends) suddenly on the decline all around the globe. In this second part, I will focus more on the reasons behind this decline, both historical and more recent ones.
