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How Silicon Valley can prove it is pro-family — The New Atlantis

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Katherine Boyle’s speech is a sign of a new song making its way through the tech world: one that trills the importance of investing into our social infrastructure, strengthening our nation, and, yes, building families. It’s a hopeful message. But like tech’s early forays into politics — which began as a vague mood board of civic aspirations before coalescing into real policy efforts and wins — the pro-family cultural shift still has a long way to go. This is not to say there isn’t real movement happening, and, as a parent, I’m grateful for it. But I still feel the gap between rhetoric and reality as I navigate the tech world as a writer and researcher, particularly when visiting the San Francisco Bay Area. Dinner conversations still tend to circle around whether children are worth having at all, or they treat global fertility rates at arm’s length. Many in tech embrace a borderless lifestyle that implies constant mobility, hosting events in cities like New York and Austin, which doesn’

How Silicon Valley can prove it is pro-family - The New Atlantis Essay Summer 2025 How Silicon Valley can prove it is pro-family A new alliance between tech and the family? Nadia Asparouhova Subscriber Only Sign in or Subscribe Now for audio version This article is a reply to Katherine Boyle’s “ The Great Tech–Family Alliance .” Katherine Boyle’s speech is a sign of a new song making its way through the tech world: one that trills the importance of investing into our social infrastructure, strengthening our nation, and, yes, building families. It’s a hopeful message. But like tech’s early fora

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