This week on Upstream, Erik Torenberg and Samo Burja explore the global demographic crisis, examining plummeting fertility rates worldwide and their potentially catastrophic implications for humanity's future. For full show notes, visit: [ Ссылка ]
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Intro
(00:29) Demographic challenges and fertility crisis
(02:07) Global fertility trends and anomalies
(07:50) The impact of modernity on fertility
(14:04) Future population projections and concerns
(16:52) Sponsors: Dealcraft | Notion
(18:59) Life expectancy and healthspan
(23:44) Potential solutions and interventions
(31:03) The case for family tax breaks
(32:20) The implications of declining fertility rates
(35:07) Urbanization and population shifts
(38:30) The future of industrial society
(41:08) AI and human extinction scenarios
(44:02) Cultural and political dynamics of fertility
(52:52) Innovative solutions to population decline
(01:00:09) The ethics of genetic engineering
(01:01:30) Wrap
