#640 - Malcolm Collins - Why Do So Many People Not Want To Have Children?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Malcolm Collins is a pronatalist, Stanford MBA graduate, venture capitalist and an author. What would the world actually look like if only the global population was only 500 million people? Given the current birth rate projections, we’re approaching a massive collapse. If you think a planet with too many people on it is bad, a planet with too few is even worse. Expect to learn why Korea is projected to experience a 94% population extinction within the next century, why so few people actually want to have kids in 2023, why a ‘super virus’ has taken over the progressive movement, whether prosperity, equality, education and fertility are incompatible with each other, whether authoritarianism could fix this problem, if there’s a moral obligation to have children, the implications of using new technology for gene-editing & birthing via artificial wombs and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Follow Malcolm on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SimoneHCollins Check out Malcolm's website - https://pronatalist.org/ Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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0:00.0	What's happening people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Malcolm Collins. He's a
0:04.9	pro-natalist, Stanford MBA graduate, venture capitalist, and an author. What would the world actually
0:11.8	look like if the global population was only 500 million people? Given the current birthrate
0:16.9	projections, we're approaching a massive collapse. And if you think that a planet with too many people
0:22.7	on it is bad, a planet with too few is even worse. Expect to learn why Korea is projected to
0:29.8	experience a 94% population extinction within the next century. Why so few people actually want to
0:36.0	have kids in 2023? Why a super virus has taken over the progressive movement? Whether prosperity,
0:41.7	equality, education, and fertility are incompatible with each other? Whether authoritarianism could
0:47.2	fix the problem? If there's a moral obligation to have children, the implications of using new
0:51.4	technology for gene editing and birthing via artificial wombs, and much more. As you can imagine,
0:59.6	this is a quite contested topic. And Malcolm is a very outspoken proponent of being concerned about
1:08.7	this. No matter what you think, population collapse is something that is a genuine risk. We know
1:16.2	how many one-year-olds there are right now, which means that we know the exact upper bound on how
1:20.8	many people can be on the planet in 80 years time. We don't know that to do with the weather. We
1:24.8	don't know that to do with climate change. We don't even know that to do with artificial intelligence. This
1:28.5	is one of those looming risks in the future that we have a great degree of certainty about what is
1:34.2	going to happen. And it is a really, really big problem. Malcolm is a very, very extroverted,
1:41.6	outgoing, energetic guy when it comes to talking about this. And I find his insights very interesting.
1:47.5	It's something that you need to know about. It's something that you should be having a discussion
1:50.4	with your friends about as well. And I really value these conversations. I think that it's very,
1:55.8	very important. And I hope that you take tons away from today. In other news, this episode is
2:00.8	brought to you by Marik Health. I wanted to get my blood work done a few months ago. And after
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