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>Is there any evidence that the fall in birth rates is caused by humans having produced reality TV shows? No, but there's is evidence that the fall in birth ra
by coldtea 11mo ago
>Is there any evidence that the fall in birth rates is caused by humans having produced reality TV shows?
No, but there's is evidence that the fall in birth rates is affected by all the content slop people spend their times consuming instead of talking to one another and fucking one another... and the ideas that slop puts into their heads are even worse...
- Supermancho 10mo agoWhat evidence? The demographic timelines dont add up.
- coldtea 10mo agoDoesn't it? TV got mass adoption midpoint around 1955 - around which time when the fertility trends start sloping down (and incidentaly around the time Putnam puts the start of the decline in social capital in the US in the seminal "Bowling Alone"). It then stabilizes around 1980 and starts a second downward slop around 2010 - the time of smartphones and social media. https://usafacts.org/articles/how-have-us-fertility-and-birth-rates-changed-over-time/ https://usafacts.org/articles/how-have-us-fertility-and-birt...
- Supermancho 10mo agoI appreciate that the generalization and time windowing will be sufficient explanation for some. I don't believe this is an accurate accounting.