Birthgap

A documentary series exploring worldwide declining birthrates 📉🌏 • "Unplanned childlessness" • Written and researched by @StephenJShaw

[Birthgap @Birthgap]

Welcome to https://t.co/SZUuCIPDjZ!

Following the launch of the 'Birthgap' documentary series, which explores the reasons for the world’s collapsing birthrates, https://t.co/SZUuCIPDjZ continues to raise awareness about this pivotal global issue. 📉🌏

Unplanned Childlessness 👤

Over 90% of women under 35 either have children or express a desire to become a mother. Yet, in many countries today—including the UK, US, Japan, and much of the EU—fewer and fewer women are having the families they want to have.

We call this "Unplanned Childlessness," and it is on track to affect at least one-quarter of all women across the industrialized world; and, now, far beyond.

'Birthgap' explores why it is that both women and men across the world are struggling to form families and have the children they want.

Awareness 📣

We aim to empower individuals and couples to make the right decisions for their lives. This includes supporting the small percentage who choose not to have children.

Whether people decide to have more children, have children earlier, or choose not to have any at all, our mission is to create an environment where everyone feels free and secure to pursue the relationships and families they desire—whatever form that takes.

Sustainable future 📈🌱

We want to help countries develop sustainable strategies to address the socio-economic impacts of birthrate decline while supporting their citizens’ ambitions for education, careers, relationships, and family life.

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Want to learn more? Watch part one of the 'Birthgap' documentary for free on X 👇

[Stephen J Shaw @StephenJShaw]

Announcing the Birthgap Extended 10-part docuseries.

After half a million people watched the two-hour Birthgap feature documentary in under four months, it is now being released as an episodic mini-documentary series, with additional footage and new topics.

▶️ Episodes 1–3 now live on X & YouTube
▶️ Episodes 4–10 on Patreon: https://t.co/2iu6hAIQ9O

[Birthgap @Birthgap]

Tomorrow, January 2: the release of a 10-episode short-form series based on the Birthgap feature documentary — here on X and YouTube.

One new episode each day.

[X•Y Worldwide @XYWorldwide]

Elon Musk’s take on how to reverse the birth dearth 🤔

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Birth rates continue to plummet. Population collapse is coming.

[Stephen J Shaw @StephenJShaw]

This is a time when we need to learn from history. Time is not on our side...

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The Romans didn’t try hard enough

[Klay Thompson @Thompsonklay]

@MarioNawfal @StephenJShaw Population collapse is very quickly becoming an existential crisis across the world, one that no one really wants to talk about, in fact, the mainstream is even at times driving the complete opposite narratives.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨POPULATION DECLINE COLLAPSED THE ROMAN EMPIRE

@StephenJShaw :

“They introduced taxes where if you only had one child, you paid a 25% tax premium. If you had no children, it was a 50% tax premium.

And you also lost your retirement rights. That was the Romans trying to reverse birth rates and it clearly didn't work. None of these things, pure economic policies themselves did not work.”

[Birthgap @Birthgap]

A real watershed moment for bringing Unplanned Childlessness into public consciousness!

[X•Y Worldwide @XYWorldwide]

Listen to our co-founder Stephen J Shaw in an in-depth and lively debate about unplanned childlessness on BBC Radio 4's 'AntiSocial' programme!

If you missed the live broadcast, you can listen to it on replay over at BBC Sounds!

[X•Y Worldwide @XYWorldwide]

Thanks to Adam Fleming and the BBC Radio 4 team for hosting this fantastic debate about the under examined issue of birthrate.

At X•Y Worldwide, we are committed to raising awareness about Unplanned Childlessness and facilitating open discussions about family and fertility.

The BBC have taken an important step with us to bringing the birthrate debate into the public consciousness in the UK!

[Stephen J Shaw @StephenJShaw]

Thank you @elonmusk! It was a pleasure to join @MarioNawfal & @KatalinNovak_HU for this deep discussion on the reality of Population Collapse. More conversations like this are urgently needed.

Watch Part 1 of the #Birthgap documentary, as mentioned in the interview, here on X:

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇭🇺 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: PRESIDENT NOVAK & STEPHEN J SHAW ON POPULATION COLLAPSE - A GLOBAL ISSUE

With the elections weeks away and in the middle of the war between Hezbollah and Israel, I was honored to be in Hungary – rich in history, cultural heritage, and stunning landscapes.

I had a chat with @KatalinNovak_HU about the need for young people to understand their fertility window and avoid delaying family planning.

@StephenJShaw, Data Scientist and Demographer pointed out that 75% of the world lives in countries with birth rates below replacement, with South Korea in the most critical situation.

00:01 Introduction based on Elon’s quote: "I think the biggest problem the world will face in 20 years is population collapse."

06:40 Elon's 2016 perspective on population collapse.

14:00 Elon – It will be the biggest problem we face in the next 20 years.

16:18 @peterthiel – Once the decline flips, it never flips back.

1:00:48 @GiorgiaMeloni’s concern for Italy's low fertility rate.

1:04:44 Elon’s personal commitment to addressing the crisis.

1:20:18 Elon encouraged President Novak - @elonmusk: “Having children is saving the world.”

[X•Y Worldwide @XYWorldwide]

Following the launch of X•Y Worldwide, our co-founders President Katalin Novák and Stephen J Shaw sat down with Mario Nawfal to discuss impending global population collapse 📉🌍

[Heavily Armed Clown @heavilyarmedc]

@whyvert @BirthGauge @Birthgap

[Whyvert @whyvert]

Useful guide to population decline for differing fertility rates.
TFR of 1.1 (e.g. Poland, Japan) brings almost 50% decline in 1 generation, 70%+ decline in 2 gens, 80%+ decline in 3 gens.
From @Birthgap

[X���Y Worldwide @XYWorldwide]

Look who we bumped into this morning!

A great pleasure talk with Mario on the launch of X•Y Worldwide and our ambitions for stable birthrates...

[Katalin Novák @KatalinNovak_HU]

Inspiring long discussion with two friends and allies @giorgiameloni and @elonmusk The new global non profit @XY was launched to combat population collapse

[Katalin Novák @KatalinNovak_HU]

Only children can save the World
@elonmusk @GiorgiaMeloni
@XYWorldwide

[X•Y Worldwide @XYWorldwide]

At the Atlantic Council Awards, @elonmusk, @GiorgiaMeloni, and X•Y's @KatalinNovak_HU convened to discuss how humanity can resist the birth dearth and thrive for centuries to come! 🌏👨‍👩‍👧

[X•Y Worldwide @XYWorldwide]

Dream Team 🤩