Why is it impossible for societies to combine high prosperity, high technology and high fertility?

Graph from U. S. Census shows decline in births from 2001-2021. Public domain The Trump Administration is floating the idea of giving a $5,000 baby bonus to "every American mother after giving

Font [EN] Hello friends and community, to start another week we have a good topic for reflection, and in this case a dilemma in my opinion between the constitution of the family in this case in terms of

Wird Ripple zum Bezahlsystem bei X? Gäbe einen ordentlichen Schub. Will Ripple become a payment system at X? Would give a decent boost. Und die Geburtenraten machen Musk auch große Sorgen. Will er jetzt

Dropping fertility rates have been an area of interest for me lately, both on a private level and and more broadly on a psychological/societal one. It's an issue that a few years previous I blamed on an

I've been thinking a fair bit about social attitudes regarding motherhood and pregnancy and a conversation I had last night really surprised me. At my friend's birthday party, talk turned to a pregnant

2023 was a very bad year for the future of humanity.

Despite elite's obsession, overpopulation is not the real problem

낙태금지법 시행후 루마니아에서 벌어진 일과 St침 산후 튼살침 치료 1966년 루마니아 국가원수였던 니콜라에 차우셰스쿠는 낙태 금지법을 시행합니다. 그 조치는 루마니아의 출산율이 급격히 줄어들고 있다는 위기감에서 기인했습니다. ‘Decree 770’이라고 불리는 낙태금지법은 강간이나 근친상간을 통한 임신과 의학적으로 산모의 생명을 위협하는 임신, 그리고 이미

From 2007 through 2018, births in the US have declined by 470 thousand on an annual basis, or an 11% decline. The US fertility rate has likewise cracked lower, from 2.12 births to 1.72, an 18% decline

"So far, the prophets of overpopulation have been defeated by technology. But human ingenuity alone can never deliver a final victory in the battle to feed the world -- eventually, population growth

2018년 10월 29일 오후 11시 ‘MBC 스페셜’ 에서는 초저출산의 시대 속에서도 출산을 간절히 희망하는 부부들이 등장했다. 한국은 경제협력개발기구(OECD) 회원국 중 합계출산율이 1.3명 미만으로 유일한 초저출산 국가이다. ‘MBC 스페셜’ 은 초저출산의 시대 속에서도 아이 낳기를 간절히 희망하는 부부들의 사례를 통해 생명 탄생이 주는 여러 의미를

Japan has the third lowest birth-rate in the world (only Saint Pierre, Miquelon and Monaco have lower rates, but they are very small, not even reaching 50,000 inhabitants combined). 2016 became the first

요새 한국의 출산률이 저하되고있다는 경고가 여기저기서 들린다. 산모의 나이도 고령화 되어가고있고 심지어 서울의 출생률은 1명이 안된다는 충격적인 뉴스도 있다. 역시 우리나라는 모든것이 빠르게 바뀌고 한번 방향을 잡으면 무섭게 달려가는걸까...? 어렸을때지만 불과 20-30년전쯤엔 출생률이 너무높다고오히려 둘만 낳아 잘기르자 라는 포스터가 유행하고 모델이 차범근씨였던가

The policy makers are idiots. I would like to know what the average age of those thatmake such policies. They tall about welfare programs and put up incentives with very little results. I would say the

Very interesting 8 minutes video from 2009

Birthrates continued the long downward trend in the first quarter of 2017, signifying that the long expected rebound in child rearing with a reported improving economy is unlikely to take place anytime

               Pet's are amazing. They are therapeutic, loving, and even rewarding. However I have noticed a trend among the