Elon Musk says friends have suggested he have 500 kids — but that would be 'a bit weird'
The father of 10 told the outlet's editor, Roula Khalaf, that while some friends have proposed he have as many as 500 kids, he thinks that would be a"bit weird," and added that he will only reproduce to the point where he can be a good dad.
Musk emphasised in the interview that he is not expecting a baby anytime soon, and shut down gossip that he had purchased a fertility clinic to advance his population growth goals, according to the report., the billionaire tweeted,"doing my best to help the under population crisis," and that"a collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far."
Musk has long been sounding the alarm on a potential population collapse, a problem he has said is a bigger risk to civilisation than global warming. Some experts disagree, telling Insider that , and while ageing populations do pose societal challenges in select countries, the answer isn't to hike up birth rates. A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far. — Elon Musk "Global population decline is therefore still some way off, and is likely to happen gradually when it does take place," said Professor Alice Reid, director of the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure.
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