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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“If a town is slowly emptying out, what do you think matters more: helping people stay, or helping people move to better opportunities?”
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Natalism
The natalism debate often sounds like four different conversations happening in the same room. One group looks at declining birth rates and sees a long-term civilizational challenge.... - Serpardum...
I see it this way. About 97.4% of the population accepts their natural birth sex/gender. The ones who don't are outliers, and a very small minority, 0.8% to 2.6% depending on who you ask. And I see it this way.... - Paulleverich...
I think you’re onto something important here. The demographic shift isn’t simply about birth rates. It’s about what kind of society produces children, what societies value, and what people believe the future is going to look like.... Interesting take from a recent talk i attended: Population Decline Is Worse Than You Think | Prof. Dean Spears. I came to this talk thinking it was a goofy mistaken idea, but this professor is very meticulous in his research and good at presenting his case....