Not just Singapore, but there is a curious discrepancy in that the cost of children are felt at the family level but the benefits only at the state level. The o

Not just Singapore, but there is a curious discrepancy in that the cost of children are felt at the family level but the benefits only at the state level. The other issue is that many educated people (including Elon Musk) realize they can have more impact in their careers, maybe even as managers, than in their children’s lives. Maybe the authoritarians of Singapore need to train their citizens to run and extract value from their charges’ lives more effectively. Other extreme ideas which may work for liberal societies include legalizing child employment for family businesses, collective childrearing, organized homeschooling, family intellectual property, and so forth.