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In our resource-abundant modern world, you should expect genes that cause people to want kids to do very well. Fertility is low in most developed countries, bu
by 0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
In our resource-abundant modern world, you should expect genes that cause people to want kids to do very well. Fertility is low in most developed countries, but that masks particular sub-populations that are growing at a rapid rate. See this article for instance: https://medium.com/migration-issues/how-long-until-were-all-amish-268e3d0de87 https://medium.com/migration-issues/how-long-until-were-all-...
Similarly, expect future generations to be full of people who just can't stand wearing a condom during sex.
- leoedin 3y agoAnecdotally, it was my more risk taking and carefree friends that had kids first. I can see why - with just a little effort it's very easy not to have kids in the modern world, and the cost-benefit analysis for children is pretty bad. What that means for the future of humanity, I don't know.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3y agoIt's not necessarily that simple though. Maybe if you have an unplanned child early, you realize that thing about the cost-benefit analysis being bad, stop having kids, and reproduce at below replacement. Here is one paper I found on correlates of reproductive success in the US, from 2005 though: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/48563240/Sex_Status_and_Reproductive_Success_in_t20160904-27587-1hnam22-libre.pdf?1473004332=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DSex_status_and_reproductive_success_in_t.pdf&Expires=1695712199&Signature=AGSiqMiVTw~-gSjBx9LW7CJ8fRfQXZk1DewawtpRQoPn~qSqu0YpMaQu2Rs1p-on6GL26F7QdFdtZ5ESBLogXZf14lRt8DJ7xemKOkpCBq12OXNVWzMDVMga-HDPhN1ahbtkGnQcazHg2UGfugHPcHla0nlm3l2CJg6G0DyFDnmfdrY~UrVzLLXep10QJAIH7uzfqqwYxX-L9zorUsUisJrIjpcU7STYdxffX6QBNQ098G2fsHKQ8TLK4z5pHHT8WKkxjPRNeNTrSuIs5vZRoev8nCr7O~OWRvA1JrahJoz1vNWzFea~-9xE-H2Fnj7A4~9No5YCkBMIqMDzIarzlQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/48563240/Sex_Status_an...