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What if we just believed young people when they say it’s because of climate change and being broke?

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Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.

n.prCan smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.

Acoustic Boogaloo

@nasdaqistan.bsky.social

14 June

They had more babies when they used blackberry phones. Touchscreen was a gamechanger.

Gillian Brockell

@gillianbrockell.com

IT IS WHAT THEY SEE ON THEIR PHONES

14/6/26, 1:24 am0 reposts1 like

Acoustic Boogaloo

@nasdaqistan.bsky.social

14 June

i was being sarcastic - i dont think it's the phones, i think the drop in the birthrate is about affordability. We made it too expensive and burdensome. But i also think there is some truth in how smartphones have fragmented us, the more connected we are digitally, the less connected we are irl.