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demographics

Who there will be: birth rates, population decline, and what a shrinking cohort does to everything downstream.

What people on korrents have said about demographics, newest first — 3 positions from 2 people.

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  1. DH

    David Heinemeier Hansson quoted

    Our readingFalling birth rates make a society less able to be hopeful, because nihilism creeps in when people have no stake in the future.

    Their wordsI think this is one of the great tragedies of the moment, is the falling birth rates are making it more difficult for people to be excited about a more prosperous future that is difficult to get to. Because if we're planting trees of which our children will not sit in the shades, I don't know, maybe we should just make some lumber and burn it all down, right? I think there's a nihilism that can sneak into society much more easily when we are not DNA invested in the future

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux | Lex Fridman Podcast #501youtube.com 27th of 41 in this recording

    Interesting
  2. 13 months earlier
  3. DH

    David Heinemeier Hansson quoted

    Our readingSomething is broken in how people pair up in the West, and that shortage of couples and marriages, not money, is why there are too few children.

    Their wordsthere's something broken at the moment about how people pair up in the western world. And it's at the source of why we're not having enough children because there's not enough couples, there's not enough marriage.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474youtube.com 34th of 36 in this recording

    Interesting
  4. 21 months earlier
  5. TC

    Tyler Cowen quoted

    Our readingModern prosperity does not refute Malthus: the Malthusian dilemma was faced, and one of Malthus’s own options was taken.

    Their wordsYou thus can see that the prosperity of the modern world does not refute Malthus. We faced the Malthusian dilemma and opted for one of his options, namely vice.

    ↗GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?tylercowen.com 19th of 25 in this piece

    Interesting