Or it was the hot baths.

Very innovative of you to bring in Type 2 diabetes as an analogy. I think it’s novel, yet relatable

🚩 This post might be more relevant and engaging in the ~culture or ~econ territory.

It is an excellent post. The evidence you show is true and has a lot of foundation, although you should take into account that family planning, which sometimes does not exist in many regions such as Latin America, means that birth rates remain the same.

There’s a lot of truth to this. It’s sad how we spin the narrative and gender roles and identities after thousands of year. Oh and let’s eat bugs as opposed to meat….

great article and if only more people had a clue what was going on

Good core insight and connection with information systems and resource allocation. Also good logical construction.

The article presents some compelling analogies that must be shared with Elon Musk, given his keen interest in the pressing issue of declining fertility rates globally fertility rates across the world

I quite like his parallel with the Roman empire, comparing silver in coins and fertility rate shows a similar pattern indeed.

I would be less convinced by the similarity in the chart showing US monetary policy and birth rate until 1990. I would include also the post-war birth rate spike, which could explain inversely the birth rate quickly declining until 1972 for example, and other events like the Vietnam war or the cold war. But after 1990, the relationship looks convincing. Thank you for sharing these thoughts!

Also this: #781298