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原文：

Whenever low birthrates get public attention, chances are somebody is concerned about what it means for international competition, immigration or a government’s fiscal challenges over the coming decades as the population ages. But that’s thinking too small. A depopulating world is a big change that we all face together. It’s bigger than geopolitical advantage or government budgets. It’s much bigger than nationalistic worries over which country or culture might manage to eke out a population decline that’s a little bit slower than its neighbors’.

译文：

每当低出生率引起公众关注时，有人可能会担心这对本国的国际竞争力、移民政策，以及在未来几十年政府随着人口老龄化所面临的财政挑战意味着什么。但这些思考的格局还太小。一个人口减少的世界是我们共同面临的巨大变化。它是比地缘政治优势或政府预算大得多的问题。它是比民族主义者对哪个国家或哪种文化，也许能设法让自己的人口下降速度比邻国慢一点的担忧大得多的问题。