Climate: Ban kids
Besides being stuff nosed little disease vectors, kids are terrible for the earth. It's time to ban kids.
Demographics, International: US job growth goes to immigrants.
With the declining fertility rate, a majority of U.S. population growth is now due to immigration. Similarly, newly created jobs are going to immigrants.
Demographics: S. Korean company to pay employees to have kids
S. Korea is in a very negative population growth curve and is desparate: A South Korean firm is offering to pay its workers $75,000 each time they have a baby
Demographics: Massachusetts eliminates college degree requirements
Massachusetts’ governor leans into the skills-based hiring revolution by axing degree requirements for state jobs. The private sector is up next (msn.com) Gen Z has the best time in 60…
Demographics, Education: Are today’s college students dumber than in the past? Not exactly
The average IQ of today's college students is less than the 1940s - but it is because almost no one went to college in the 1940s.
Demographics: Peak number of people turn 65 this year
No surprise: America is hitting “peak 65” in 2024, breaking retirement records (yahoo.com) Update: A December 2024 WSJ article says the peak is 2025 but seems to hedge suggesting no…
Demographics: The shrinking global population
Family Sizes to Dramatically Decline in The Near Future, Scientists Predict : ScienceAlert
Demographics: World population may peak by 2040
World population might peak at 8.5 billion by about 2040.
Education: More college grads today than % who finished high school in 1940s
Less than 50% of adults had finished high school as of the late 1960s. Stunning, huh?
Demographics, Education: Community college enrollment down
Community college enrollments down and CNN misses the root cause, hiding in plain sight.
Demographics: Public schools forecast to lose millions of students by 2030
Public schools expect to lose a few million more students over the next 6 years.
Demographics, Business: Gen Z grads unprepared for work life
Survey claims new Gen Z workers lack work experience and basic job skills.
Demographics: China’s population likely to be half of today’s population in 75 years
And bizarrely, some are "blaming women" - that is not going to be a successful strategy. Besides being stupid.
Demographics, Education: More school closures coming
More school closures announced as the low fertility rate leads to a shrinking youth cohort.
Demographics, Education: Male college enrollees disappearing
College enrollees aged 18-24 are 42% male and 58% female.