Fertility
My Fertility Posts – by Robin Hanson – Beragampengetahuan
These are my blog posts on fertility, in reverse chronological order: Jan 21: Are We A Tower of Babel? Amish-like who repopulate Earth my see our civ as like a Tower of Babel. This helps us see what they might retain from us. Jan 17: Five Fertility Fails: 5 attitudes that keep us from solving […]
Honing Fertility Fall Theories – by Robin Hanson – Beragampengetahuan
Richard Hanania has done me the honor of carefully thinking through my & other fertility theories, finding consequences and data tests I didn’t think of. If you have time, go read him first, then come back here. He calls my status theory “Kings and Queens” (KAQ), and interprets it as suggesting a wealth threshold effects. […]
Fertility Fall From Selection Neglect – Beragampengetahuan
In the novel Pot Luck by Zola, a middle class woman in 1862 explains why she had only one kid, Marie, & wants Marie to have only one kid: ‘Children, you know, are such a burden.’ ‘Indeed they are,’ remarked Madame Vuillaume. ‘If we’d had another one we would never have been able to make […]
A Fertility Reckoning – by Robin Hanson – Beragampengetahuan
Those who consume too much alcohol or other recreational drugs often make excuses. Like “I’m no worse than many others”, “I still manage to get to work most days”, or “Let’s wait til my problem gets worse, like I can no longer walk”, or “They’ll soon make a version without bad side effects”. Such folks […]