population

The Value of Children Isn't Found in a Cost-Benefit Analysis

The Value of Children Isn't Found in a Cost-Benefit Analysis

Children challenge the secular, hyper-individualist worldview to its core. They present an immediate, shared responsibility that directs us beyond material gain and personal fulfillment to higher ideals.

What's Behind Declining Sperm Counts and Fertility?

What's Behind Declining Sperm Counts and Fertility?

According to a new book by Shanna Swan, an epidemiologist at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, between 1973 and 2011 sperm counts in Western males dropped by 59 percent. In the ten years since then, things have gotten worse. As Swan writes, “If you look at the curve on sperm count and project it forward — which is always risky — it reaches zero in 2045 ... That’s a little concerning, to say the least.”

If the Future Belongs to the Fertile, We Might Not Have One

If the Future Belongs to the Fertile, We Might Not Have One

According to the BBC, the rate of population growth is plummeting and is expected to drop below the rate required to maintain a stable population by 2100.