Paul Graham
@paulg · Jul 31, 2026
"The fertility collapse now underway has no historical precedent."
— Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Actually, this has happened in every civilization when there was both an extended period of prosperity and no perceived outside threat.
The ancient Romans discussed their fertility crisis hundreds of times in the Senate and tried many times to fix it with tax incentives and
09:14 PM · July 31, 2026 · 153.9K views
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