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Read this korrent: Evolution gave humans no target number of births, because what mattered historically was keeping children alive rather than producing them.
Evolution gave humans no target number of births, because what mattered historically was keeping children alive rather than producing them.
Last stated a year ago
15 Jul 2025 · a year ago
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The theory that birth rates fall because home life has not caught up with women's opportunities at work is not supported by the data. — tap to centre the map on it
The theory that birth rates fall because home life has not caught up with women's opportunities at work is not…
Last stated 3 weeks ago
20 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Falling birth rates make a society less able to be hopeful, because nihilism creeps in when people have no stake in the future. — tap to centre the map on it
Falling birth rates make a society less able to be hopeful, because nihilism creeps in when people have no…
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People aim at a number of surviving children rather than a number of births, so falling child mortality lets births fall without anyone wanting a smaller family. — tap to centre the map on it
People aim at a number of surviving children rather than a number of births, so falling child mortality lets births…
Last stated a year ago
15 Jul 2025 · a year ago
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Natural selection will strengthen the human preference for other humans rather than erode it, because the people who resist outsourcing their social life are the ones who find mates. — tap to centre the map on it
Natural selection will strengthen the human preference for other humans rather than erode it, because…
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
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Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Finding no selection in African-Americans over 300 years is not evidence against selection: five generations is simply too short a time to compound. — tap to centre the map on it
Finding no selection in African-Americans over 300 years is not evidence against selection: five generations is…
Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026 · 4 months ago
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Population size is not what limited human adaptation; time is. A selection coefficient of half a percent works as well in a thousand people as in a million. — tap to centre the map on it
Population size is not what limited human adaptation; time is. A selection coefficient of half a percent works as well…
Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026 · 4 months ago
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The harm done by low fertility is that people end up with fewer children than they wanted, not that a society runs short of workers. — tap to centre the map on it
The harm done by low fertility is that people end up with fewer children than they wanted, not that a society…
Last stated 11 months ago
14 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-10-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Natural selection in humans has not been quiescent: it is tugging almost every position in the genome in one direction or another, everywhere. — tap to centre the map on it
Natural selection in humans has not been quiescent: it is tugging almost every position in the genome in one direction…
Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026 · 4 months ago
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
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