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The collapse of fertility is a universal, cross cultural outcome of economic development. It seems that birthrate only rebounds after some sort of catastrophic
by hunglee2 3y ago
The collapse of fertility is a universal, cross cultural outcome of economic development.
It seems that birthrate only rebounds after some sort of catastrophic society meltdown - total wars or famines - which reset the board at country level and maybe also reset priorities at individual level. Government interventions have a very poor record of success, though we can watch Hungary under Orban with interest - his plan to give women who have 4 or more kids lifetime freedom from income tax - is the sort of radicalism worth trying.
For investor types, might be worth looking into tech eco-system for artificial womb technology. Seems like a solid bet that we may need to start manufacturing humans at some point, sooner rather than later