The Guardian: America's premier pronatalists on having 'tons of kids' to save the world: 'There are going to be count...

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2. Effective Altruism is a Cult

Effective Altruism is 17th century Calvinism dressed up in 21st century clothing. God, in their viewpoint, is Artificial General Intelligence, but if you look at it objectively, EA is eerily similar to the Christo-fascist agenda, only without the Church-going.

I have been sounding the alarm on population decline for twenty-five years, and I suspect that it is in fact an adaptation to a post-industrial society dealing with resource constraints.

However, I also think that income inequality, climate change, and microplastics are all major factors. it now costs a million dollars to raise a child to the age of 18 in the United States, and whatever gains people made in salaries during the pandemic have largely been eroded away by the subsequent bout of inflation. Solve these things, and in maybe eighty years, birth rates will turn around, but it won't be resolved by actively trying to have more children. Italy and South Korea both have tried that, and it hasn't even made a dent.