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A Look at a Very Silicon Valley Approach to Repopulation
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.
Michael Calore: So, we're all hyper aware of the conversation around pronatalism right now, because politicians and cultural influencers are always talking about the declining birth rate and their messaging around what the ideal family looks like. So as it goes a step further, at what point does it cross over into a territory where if someone is just screening for, we want to make sure we're having not only the healthiest but the smartest and the children with the most potential, and really kind of designing this hyper elite society in a way that just feels dangerous. Zoë Schiffer: I think if we see a change in the fertility rate, it'll be because we're taking away people's access to contraception or abortion, and not because Elon Musk and JD Vance are telling us to have more babies.
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