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Why Population Collapse is Closer Than You Think - Stephen J. Shaw
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2:50:14Now PlayingStephen J. Shaw is a data scientist and filmmaker.
Birth rates in Western countries are collapsing, a trend even Elon Musk calls an existential threat. But what’s the true cause? Is it economics, fear of the future, cultural shifts, or something deeper? And more importantly, can anything actually reverse the decline?
Expect to learn why birth rates matter and why global birth rate decline is becoming an existential problem, why birth rates in Italy, Japan and Germany are falling rapidly at the exact same time, the newest findings in birthrate decline data and why so many women in western countries are having such few children, the biggest sex differences between men and women in desire for kids, if economic and financial hardships are to blame for birthrate decline, if people are simply more self-focused and if most people are childfree by choice, and much more…
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