Zoe, you're here in the actual studio today in San Francisco.

I'm here and Lauren is not and then we'll be switching places starting next week.

Oh, sadness.

Although we did have the quintessential San Francisco experience together, Zoe, which is that we had a burrito.

We ate a burrito and I took a Waymo to eat that burrito with you. So I really, I did it all.

That was a good time.

How many cyber trucks have you seen?

Honestly, I don't think I've seen a single cyber truck. Really? I don't think so. I will say I've been like on a screen for 20 hours a day, even in the car on the way to various places. I'm like working, so I wouldn't

say, you know, that's a bit, I haven't been searching for the cyber truck. I sit by the window

here in the wired office, and when I look out the window, I look right on the Bay Bridge and I

see cyber trucks all day. Oh my gosh. It's almost like the cyber trucks are just reproducing in

real time. They're spawning. They're spawning more cyber trucks. It's almost like the cyber trucks are just reproducing in real time.

They're spawning.

They're spawning more cyber trucks.

Is this like the worst lead-in ever to this episode?

You know what? I will take it.

All right.

I will absolutely take it.

This is Why It's Uncanny Valley, a show about the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley. Today we're talking about the pro-natalism movement and how the push to increase birth rates is trending among some of Silicon Valley's biggest and wealthiest names.

We'll talk about some of the history behind pro-natalism,

who the big advocates are right now, and what it all points to.

I'm Michael Colori, Director of Consumer Tech and Culture here at Wired.

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