Societies when they get to a point of having levels of concern about birth rates might be tempted to implement policies

We're going to be confronted with people who might suggest that a better future is if we do X

It's better that we start thinking about these now to figure

out what's acceptable.

Welcome to yet another episode of On the Edge with Andrew Gold. Did I not tell you guys I was going

to mix things up a little bit and today we'll be talking

population collapse and the birth gap with Stephen J Shaw. This is something that has been brought

to my attention I've heard Elon Musk among many others talking vigorously

and vehemently in other words beginning with V presumably about this we naturally worry

about overpopulation but at the moment as Stephen will tell us or did tell me

slash us when we recorded this a few days before it's come out now. Tenses are

difficult aren't they? Population collapse and the birth gap are really, really

concerning. Just in a very lay person way of explaining it, I think a lot of you know this already. There are too few people, babies being

born at the moment and the working force soon will not be able to support the elderly and this is a huge

crisis and it's happening around the world at far,

faster and more concerning rates than we ever imagined. So Stephen J. Shaw is on to tell us about it.

I've put a link to his documentary Birth Gap Childless World in the

description. It's a fascinating watch. It really really is and it's very worrying and I think

the way to battle this as Stephen says is to

spread this around so spread this podcast around but also spread his documentary

around lots of big episodes are coming out as I always tell you I've got H.G. Tudor the

psychopath coming back on the show I've got a relatable Reese from

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