Fertility is definitely not below replacement rate. Maybe in western countries.
You find it hard to say it's unfair but you seem to hint to it. I don't think it is in the slightest.
Also you sound like a software developer from the US so you likely can afford to work say 80% and "recoup" some of that free time.
Yes, I meant in the West, where much of the high-tech work the article is about.
Well of course I feel it's unfair at some level! That is indeed why I made the comment.
Assuming we want society to continue, someone has to have kids. And while of course we don't want to force individual people to have kids, we should (again assuming we do want humanity to continue) probably try to achieve some kind of balance to where large swathes of people don't self-select out of having kids due to economic/career reasons.
And if the working spouse tries to shed home responsibilities to help them focus on their career, this simply promotes inequity, both sex-wise (since more women are stay-at-home spouses than men) and class-wise (wealthier people will be able to hire additional help, while poorer people will not).
You find it hard to say it's unfair but you seem to hint to it. I don't think it is in the slightest. Also you sound like a software developer from the US so you likely can afford to work say 80% and "recoup" some of that free time.