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It's branched from how I think about TFR. To merge, - the common sentiment of "child raising is too expensive" - the reality that wealth has drastically gone
by 152334H 9mo ago
It's branched from how I think about TFR. To merge,
- the common sentiment of "child raising is too expensive"
- the reality that wealth has drastically gone up
I think: okay, it must feel expensive for some reason. Probably because the work involved, despite not changing too much in an absolute sense, is relatively much pricier compared to all modern cheap sources of happiness.
Then, this notion of the cost-of-fun is easily transferred to general socialization & the loneliness problem.
- rramadass 9mo agoNice. You are looking at it from an Economic Cost pov. There is also a psychological concept of "Social Surrogates" which is fundamental here; see Social Surrogates, Social Motivations, and Everyday Activities: The Case for a Strong, Subtle, and Sneaky Social Self - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/bookseries/abs/pii/S0065260115000258 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/bookseries/abs...