@BirthGauge Ok, I'm stumped. *Why* is Thai fertility *so much* lower than surrounding countries with similar cultures? What is so unique about Thailand?
@stephengadubato@herandrews@dygottlieb@compactmag And there's nothing wrong with this! Long-distance running was the only sport where I could become a high-level athlete through hard work alone, and I happily took it.
@lymanstoneky@ChrisWillx@SimoneHCollins@StephenJShaw Great stuff from you, but my God was Simone Collins unpleasant. From encouraging groups to euthanize themselves to gleefully rooting for female unemployment to brushing off climate change with absurd analogies, she was just awful.
@MoreBirths Daniel, serious question. We know you hate residential skyscrapers, and you may be right about that. But what about dense urban living at human scale, like walkable townhouse neighborhoods with nearby amenities?
@pillowfister@Matthuber78@nytopinion Actually, utility solar is now the cheapest energy out there, and can outcompete fossil fuels in a fair fight. Many solar execs have said that if you remove all "green" subsidies and also the fossil subsidies that have been around for decades, they'd take that trade!
@MoreBirths Ok, but I know a ton of couples who met in ultra-dense Manhattan and went on to have kids elsewhere! Dense cities are very good for picky 20-somethings to find a spouse. So they can catalyze fertility downstream even if their own TFR's are low.
@BradWilcoxIFS@SenMikeLee Logroll! Many left-of-center folks are concerned about selling off natural public land to developers, so pair Sen. Lee's proposal with conservation/environment/climate wins that they can't turn down. There's your majority.