SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants people to have more children. According to him, the declining birth rate could lead to the collapse of civilization.
"The number of people is not enough. I can't stress this enough, the number of people is not enough," Musk said while speaking at the Wall Street Journal event, as quoted by CNBC, Thursday (12/9/2021).
Musk made his comments amid a trend where many people are deciding not to have children. Some of their reasons include climate change and inequality.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley some time ago said the movement not to have children because of climate change concerns was indeed growing. This movement also began to affect birth rates quite quickly.
To support their argument, they cite surveys, academic research, and Google data showing that climate change is accelerating both direct and indirect declines in birth rates.
This 50-year-old man said there are many smart people who think that the human population on Earth is too large and cannot be controlled. But according to him, the opposite happened.
"It's the complete opposite. If people don't have more children, civilization will collapse. Remember what I said," Musk said.
Elon Musk himself is a person who has many children. He has five sons with his first wife Justine Wilson, and last year he and his ex-girlfriend Grimes had a son.
Asked if this was the reason he had so many children, Musk said he just wanted to set a good example and added that he should practice what he teaches.