https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2024/08/95623/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pronatalism-of-silicon-valley
We hear a lot about the "baby boom" of the 1970s, but far less about the "birth dearth" of 2023. That's when only 1.62 children were born on average per woman, well below the replacement rate of 2.1
THE GOOD
application from the right-leaning Evie Magazine. This phone application teaches women how to live within their natural cycle with fertility tracking, fitness, and nutritional insights. Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate and former spouse of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, pledged to give $100 million for reproductive research, especially focused on helping women become pregnant later in life. Such efforts emphasize restorative efforts that heal and work within a woman's natural body.
THE BAD
Beyond this, however, much of Silicon Valley's fertility research tends to fall into three categories: ...
BEWARE
By removing childbearing from its natural context and placing it in a tightly monitored environment, such parents receive a misleading, false promise of safety. In their effort to overcome the unpredictability of childbearing, many may increase suffering...."
