Expectations of Impossibility and Upside Blindness

Podcast episode for Fertility Roundup #5: Causation.

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:44 - Household Composition

* 01:21 - Timing

* 02:08 - Developmental Idealism

* 05:33 - Pessimism

* 06:30 - Baby Boom

* 07:35 - Paperwork

* 08:55 - Car Seats As Contraception

* 11:50 - You Can’t Afford It

* 12:52 - Yes The Problem Is Often Money

* 13:28 - Housework

* 15:59 - Greedy Careers

* 19:35 - The Appeal of Child-Free

* 20:34 - Motivation

* 23:19 - Grandparents

* 26:41 - Expectations of Impossibility

* 29:30 - Isolation

* 31:44 - Decoupling

* 34:04 - South Korea

* 42:13 - World

* 43:33 - Various Places in Trouble

* 45:11 - China

* 49:51 - Russia

* 50:03 - Europe

* 51:21 - America

* 52:40 - Kazakhstan

* 53:22 - Israel

* 55:19 - Consequences

* 56:08 - Unfounded Optimism

* 57:35 - History

* 58:20 - Implications

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