Birth rates are crashing, especially in the developed world. Just how screwed are we? Here's my interview with economics professor Dean Spears on the fertility crisis. If you like living in an advanced civilization, watch this. Chapters: 0:22 - Introduction to the Fertility Crisis 4:12 - Why Over-Population Isn’t A Thing 11:17 - What’s Causing It? 16:03 - Role of Social Trends 18:20 - Role of Toxins on Infertility 23:10 - Impact on Environment 28:56 - Other Planetary Boundaries 32:28 - Paul Erlich and Zero-Sum Thinking 36:25 - Can’t AI & Robots Fill The Economic Gap? 42:58 - Historical Strategies That Grew Population 48:40 - Impact of Contraception 52:57 - Which Sub-Populations Are Bucking The Trend 57:37 - How To Help Women Have Careers And Babies 59:56 - The Issues of A Heavily Elderly Population 1:05:13 - Examples of Successful Incentives 1:09:07 - More AI Stuff 1:17:47 - Opportunity Cost Hypothesis 1:22:28 - Won’t People Just Adapt? 1:27:55 - COVID-19 And Fertility Rate 1:29:17 - Family Size Distributions 1:34:31 - Research on Declining Intimacy