The Evolutionary Psychology Behind Falling Fertility | Jose Yong (EP 37)

Jose Yong is an evolutionary psychologist. Why are fertility rates falling across the world? What is about our modern lives that might explain this? Evolutionary psychology have some answers. Expect to learn about why our social media filled world makes us starved for social status and thus less likely to have kids, whether cities are the cause of falling fertility, why the problem is so dire in East Asian countries, why our modern world makes us feel bad, the origins of monogamy, and much more... TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Why Jose Studied Evolutionary Psychology 03:44 - Men and Women's Opposite Mating Strategies 06:00 - Does evolutionary theory actually apply to modernity? 11:40 - Why Falling Fertility Rates Are Falling 18:06 - The Problem of Huge Status Disparities 28:26 - The Crisis In Japan & "Otakus" 34:33 - Why We Over-Think Having Children 42:48 - Are Cities Why Fertility Rates Are Falling? 51:10 - How Evolutionary Adaptations Can Go Wrong 01:02:50 - The Interesting Case of The Mosuo Tribe 01:06:50 - Is Monogamy A Recent Invention? 1:11:57 - What Is The Meaning Of Life? 1:17:50 - Reflecting On The Modern World For Men Jose Yong: -Website: https://joseyong.com/index.html -Status Mistmatch Paper: https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2055/aop/article-10.1556-2055.2022.00028/article-10.1556-2055.2022.00028.xml Jack Roycroft-Sherry: -X: https://twitter.com/jack_roycroft -Medium: https://medium.com/@jackroycroftsherry