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Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under family family Everything filed under immigration immigration Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Too many people begin trying to conceive without understanding how their cycle works, what can affect fertility, or when to seek help. Too many people begin trying to conceivewithout understanding how their cycleworks, what can affect fertility, or whento seek help. Last stated 4 months ago 12 Jul 2026 EO Emily Oster — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 3 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it A religion cannot revive itself byencouraging its members to have morechildren. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 RB Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Any theory of the fall in birth rates must explain both the worldwide collapse and the differences between countries, and most theories explain only one. — tap to centre the map on it Any theory of the fall in birthrates must explain both theworldwide collapse and thedifferences between countries, andmost theories explain only one. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Nov 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Birth rates can move in whatever direction a society chooses, whenever it chooses; there is no ratchet. — tap to centre the map on it Birth rates can move in whateverdirection a society chooses,whenever it chooses; there is noratchet. Last stated a year ago 15 Jul 2025 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Calling the fall in birth rates a mystery is not humility but obscurantism: there is already a good causal account of it. — tap to centre the map on it Calling the fall in birth rates amystery is not humility butobscurantism: there is already agood causal account of it. Last stated 3 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Culture can be changed, so falling birth rates are a fixable problem rather than a one-way ratchet of modernity. — tap to centre the map on it Culture can be changed, so fallingbirth rates are a fixable problemrather than a one-way ratchet ofmodernity. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Demographics won't start to hurt China until the 2040s at the earliest. — tap to centre the map on it Demographics won't start to hurtChina until the 2040s at theearliest. Last stated a month ago 6 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Demography is about to turn the rich world’s problem from finding a job for every person into finding a person for every job. — tap to centre the map on it Demography is about to turn the richworld’s problem from finding a jobfor every person into finding aperson for every job. Last stated 3 years ago 29 Nov 2023 LP Lant Pritchett — holds since 2023-11-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city is a natural creation, and humans are by nature political animals — tap to centre the map on it A city is a natural creation, andhumans are by nature politicalanimals AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A household mistress should know enough medicine to be a judicious nurse — tap to centre the map on it A household mistress should knowenough medicine to be a judiciousnurse MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1787 — tap for who they are Same subject: A labourer who marries without means to support a family is in some respects an enemy to other labourers — tap to centre the map on it A labourer who marries without meansto support a family is in somerespects an enemy to other labourers TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it A border wall through Big Bend wouldbe a monument to corruption thatmakes no one safer. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 JT James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career path becomes popular when it offers clear, prescribed rules that can simply be decoded and followed. — tap to centre the map on it A career path becomes popular whenit offers clear, prescribed rulesthat can simply be decoded andfollowed. Last stated 7 months ago 28 Mar 2026 PM Paul Millerd — holds since 2026-03-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law — tap to centre the map on it A clear path to citizenship forundocumented immigrants iscompatible with enforcing the law Last stated 13 years ago 30 May 2013 OW Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2013-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Amazon is a relatively environmentally clean company on a per-dollar basis because of its operational efficiency. — tap to centre the map on it Amazon is a relativelyenvironmentally clean company on aper-dollar basis because of itsoperational efficiency. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Too many people begin trying to conceive without understanding how their cycle works, what can affect fertility, or when to seek help. Last stated 12 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Emily Oster Read this korrent →