The Problem With Not Having Kids: Paul Morland
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James introduces Paul Morland and frames the episode about falling birth rates and population decline & Ad break.
Demographer and author Paul Morland joins James Smith to reveal the uncomfortable truth about the problem with population collapse - why falling birth rates are creating aging societies, economic decline and a quiet crisis at the heart of the modern world. Morland explains how a lack of children is reshaping nations, destroying communities and threatening the future of humanity itself.
They discuss the myths around “overpopulation,” the cultural shifts stopping people from having families and the real reasons behind the demographic time bomb no one wants to talk about. From housing and technology to feminism and social media, this episode explores how comfort, distraction and misplaced priorities have turned reproduction into a global taboo.
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He explains:
◼️ Why population collapse will bankrupt countries
◼️ How culture and comfort are killing fertility
◼️ Why the “too many people” myth is a dangerous lie
◼️ How governments can (and must) incentivise family life
◼️ What happens when a society stops having children
timestamps
00:00 Why Population Decline Matters
02:00 Korea’s Aging Population Spiral
05:14 Can Earth Support More People?
08:34 Humans As The Ultimate Resource
11:22 Demography Everyone Misunderstands
14:07 The Global Fertility Collapse
18:55 Choice Vs Biological Fertility
22:10 Why People Stop Having Kids
25:33 Housing, Work, And Modern Life
27:07 Incentives Can’t Fix Culture Alone
31:16 Welfare, Taxes, And Family Penalties
34:20 Why Fertility Isn’t Political
36:49 Women, Work, And Family Timing
41:12 How Workplaces Must Change
49:21 Dating Apps And Relationship Breakdown
57:31 Teaching Fertility Earlier
62:44 East Asia’s Status Trap
68:26 Immigration Or National Decline
80:46 What Population Collapse Looks Like
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