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Society has defeated the family
All societies exist in a tense relationship with families. Current high-tech society is the first to win that battle outright.
Apr 9
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Tove K
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Make children part of the competition of life
Children have increasingly become a pastime. And people can only spend so much on pastimes. The solution is to arrange competitions where parents have a…
Mar 11
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Tove K
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Parent shaming causes the demographic collapse
No one likes to be shamed by their peers. One easy way to avoid it is to abstain from children.
Mar 5
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Tove K
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Every time someone says “Please think of the children”, fertility sinks by a millimeter
The more every child needs to be thought of, the fewer children there can be
Feb 26
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Tove K
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Every time someone says “Please think of the children”, fertility sinks by a millimeter
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Building Utopia: Endurable version
Designing a society that is pleasant today is not enough. It has to be pleasant to our descendants too
Jan 23
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Tove K
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Behind the fertility crisis, there is an army of worried mothers
Human females did not necessarily evolve to want many children. They evolved to worry about the children they have.
Jan 16
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Tove K
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Pronatalism is inherently groupish
The human race is not in danger of extinction. The purpose of pronatalism is not to save the human race, but to save certain human civilizations
Dec 1, 2023
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Tove K
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Pronatalism is inherently groupish
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Hell is other people - Why individualism shrinks the next generation
Humans evolved to take care of children cooperatively. Small household size forces us to break with that tradition, with low fertility as a result
Nov 22, 2023
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Tove K
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Why fertility inevitably sinks in successful market economies
Fertility is determined by culture. But culture is determined by economic forces, making all major cultures take the same road.
Oct 7, 2023
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Tove K
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Do you like your ideas? Then have children
Pro-natalism is not only about securing the survival of the species. It is also about securing the survival of humanity’s best ideas.
Mar 2, 2023
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Tove K
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Do babies die from sleeping on their tummies?
Dec 30, 2022
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Tove K
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The curious case of Israeli fertility
Dec 2, 2022
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Anders L
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