A Look at a Very Silicon Valley Approach to Repopulation

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On Uncanny Valley this week, our hosts talk about the pronatalism movement, and how the push to increase birth rates is trending among some of Silicon Valley's biggest and wealthiest names.

Lauren Goode: So, as of around 2023, we've been in something that has been referred to as the birth dearth, which means that there are approximately 1.62 children born per woman, when the ideal replacement rate is once again 2.1.

Zoë Schiffer: Right, I mean, that to me feels very Elon Musk coded, not to bring it all back to him, but—and I know this point has been made a lot, but it really does piss me off when someone says, talks a lot about how we should all be having more babies.

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Author / Journalist: Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, Zoë Schiffer

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Published On: 2025-03-06 @ 20:48:37 (12 hours ago)

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