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There are no sane policy solutions to population collapse

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Incentives can be effective at influencing people's choices, but there's just one problem: barely anyone is choosing below-replacement fertility rates.

Many academics are already doing great work to advance our understanding of the staggering predictions surrounding population collapse, like the fact that 100 of today’s South Koreans will only have 15 grandchildren between them. Unfortunately, these experts commonly make two mistakes. Firstly, lots of them are male, which is an unforgivable crime in many corners of the internet, with the result that their expertise is often disregarded and sometimes inspires outright hostility. Secondly, they often focus on debunking one myth or exploring one issue at a time because they want to continue…

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