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#640 - Malcolm Collins - Why Do So Many People Not Want To Have Children?

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So in our book, The Pragmatist Guide to Crafting Religion, what we essentially do is we argue that humanity can be thought of as sort of an evolving…

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So our book series, The Pragmatic Sky Series, The Pragmatic Sky to Craft and Religion is the most relevant to this conversation.

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Malcolm Collins is a pronatalist, Stanford MBA graduate, venture capitalist and an author. What would the world actually look like if only the global population was only 500 million people? Given the current birth rate projections, we’re approaching a massive collapse. If you think a planet with too many people on it is bad, a planet with too few is even worse. Expect to learn why Korea is projected to experience a 94% population extinction within the next century, why so few people actually want to have kids in 2023, why a ‘super virus’ has taken over the progressive movement, whether prosperity, equality, education and fertility are incompatible with each other, whether authoritarianism could fix this problem, if there’s a moral obligation to have children, the implications of using new technology for gene-editing & birthing via artificial wombs and much more...

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The Pragmatist Guide to Crafting Religion

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For: Individuals interested in cultural studies and the intersection of religion and modern society.

Key quote: “So in our book, The Pragmatist Guide to Crafting Religion, what we essentially do is we argue that humanity can be thought of as sort of an evolving firmware, which is like our biology, our genes.”

The host mentions 'The Pragmatist Guide to Crafting Religion' to illustrate the concept of humanity as an evolving firmware influenced by cultural software. They argue that historical religious practices have practical benefits that modern secular society is only beginning to recognize.

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The Pragmatic Sky Series

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“The Pragmatic Sky Series, The Pragmatic Sky to Craft and Religion is the most relevant to this conversation. It's on Amazon for 99 cents, the ebook.”

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Key quote: “So our book series, The Pragmatic Sky Series, The Pragmatic Sky to Craft and Religion is the most relevant to this conversation.”

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