Hacker News with Generative AI: Demographics

Global population growth is now slowing rapidly. Is it better for environment? (theconversation.com)
Right now, human population growth is doing something long thought impossible – it’s wavering. It’s now possible global population could peak much earlier than expected, topping 10 billion in the 2060s. Then, it would begin to fall.
Population Growth, Environment, Demographics
15 points by thunderbong 34 days ago | 1 comments
Modern dog ownership has redefined family and parenting (eurekalert.org)
Birth rates are declining worldwide, while dog parenting practices are gaining popularity. What does this growing “furry children” trend reveal about our societies?
Pets, Family, Social Trends, Demographics
12 points by nreece 36 days ago | 15 comments
Latin America's Baby Bust Is Arriving Early (bloomberg.com)
Latin America’s demographic time bomb keeps ticking.
Latin America, Demographics, Population Trends, Economics
10 points by toomuchtodo 36 days ago | 2 comments
A demographic projection of Spain's native-born population (pablogguz.github.io)
Spain's demographic structure is changing — and fast. In 1998, the stock of foreign-born residents was just 2.9% of the total population. By 2024, this figure had skyrocketed to 18.2%, with nearly one in five residents born outside Spain. Among the prime working-age population (ages 25-54), the share of foreign-born individuals has reached 26.8% nationally, and in provinces hosting major urban and economic centers (like Madrid or Barcelona) it is as high as ~35%.
Demographics, Spain, Population Growth, Immigration
3 points by paulpauper 38 days ago | 0 comments
What are people doing? Live-ish estimates based on global population dynamics (maxcomperatore.com)
Live-ish estimates based on global population dynamics & simulated day/night cycles
Demographics, Population Dynamics, Simulation
284 points by willbc 39 days ago | 103 comments
Heartland Gen Zers Feel Unprepared to Use AI at Work (gallup.com)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the day-to-day workplace experience, about one-third of Gen Z adult workers living in America’s Heartland feel at least somewhat prepared to integrate artificial intelligence into their current jobs. Meanwhile, four in 10 Gen Z 5th- to 12th-grade students in the Heartland feel prepared to use AI in their future jobs.
Generative AI, Workforce, Education, Demographics
3 points by hn_acker 39 days ago | 0 comments
Why Is Geographic Mobility Declining? (richmondfed.org)
From covered wagons to rental vans, moving has been an iconic feature of American life. In the past 30 years, however, moving rates have fallen dramatically. In this article, we describe leading economic explanations for the ongoing decline in mobility.
Economics, Migration, Demographics, United States
26 points by toomuchtodo 44 days ago | 28 comments
The Future Is Too Expensive – A New Theory on Collapsing Birth Rates (medium.com)
Birth rates are falling across the world, and no one seems to know why. But maybe the answer is simpler than we think: people don’t trust the future anymore. This essay introduces the idea of temporal inflation — a hidden force that could be reshaping civilization itself.
Demographics, Economics, Social Trends, Future
74 points by hectorchu 45 days ago | 221 comments
The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate (cbsnews.com)
This week, correspondent Jon Wertheim reported from Japan, the land of declining sons and daughters.
Demographics, Population, Social Trends, Economics
15 points by MilnerRoute 49 days ago | 18 comments
Bureaucratic Incentives and Effectiveness of the One Child Policy in China (nber.org)
China’s total fertility rate declined very little following implementation of the One Child Policy (OCP) in 1979/1980, but then fell sharply, by more than one-third, during the early 1990s.
China, Demographics, Economics, Policy
4 points by paulpauper 52 days ago | 0 comments
Young people aren't as happy as they used to be [Global Flourishing Study] (nytimes.com)
New data collected from more than 200,000 people across the world shows that young people aren’t as happy as they used to be.
Happiness, Demographics, Social Trends, Youth, Research
44 points by marojejian 58 days ago | 76 comments
kurzgesagt: South Korea's demographic issue is killing their country [video] (youtu.be)
South Korea, Demographics, Population, Social Issues, Video
30 points by maxloh 68 days ago | 25 comments
There Are Many Threats to Humanity. A Low Birth Rate Isn't One of Them (currentaffairs.org)
Commentators across the political spectrum claim that humanity faces imminent collapse due to a “fertility crisis.” Is this mass delusion or cynical propaganda?
Demographics, Population, Propaganda, Social Commentary, Politics
47 points by cwwc 68 days ago | 32 comments
Japan sees record 900k drop in population due to low birth rate crisis (dw.com)
For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall.
Japan, Demographics, Population Decline, Birth Rates
5 points by bentobean 73 days ago | 1 comments
Japan sees record drop in population (dw.com)
For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall.
Japan, Demographics, Population Decline
10 points by toomuchtodo 74 days ago | 2 comments
Half the World May Need Glasses by 2050 (lookaway.app)
In 2050, nearly half of the global population will be nearsighted.
Health, Vision, Population, Demographics
12 points by _kush 75 days ago | 1 comments
Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows (seattletimes.com)
As marriage becomes less popular among younger generations, Seattle men have hit a milestone of singledom: For the first time, half of the men living in the city have never been married.
Demographics, Seattle, Marriage, Social Trends
118 points by blondie9x 75 days ago | 193 comments
MSU study finds number of US nonparents who never want children is growing (msutoday.msu.edu)
Recent data from Pew Research Center suggest that Americans are rethinking whether they want to become parents. This could be part of a long-term trend, as a research team from Michigan State University found that the percentage of nonparents in the United States who never want children has doubled over the past 20 years.
Demographics, Family, Parenting, Social Trends, Research
12 points by ivewonyoung 79 days ago | 9 comments
Who Falls for Fake News? (neurosciencenews.com)
A global study of more than 66,000 participants has revealed which groups of people are most susceptible to misinformation.
Misinformation, Psychology, Social Science, Research, Demographics
14 points by talonx 79 days ago | 9 comments
South Korea Is Over – Population Bomb [video] (youtube.com)
South Korea, Demographics, Population, Social Issues, Video
9 points by tntpreneur 84 days ago | 0 comments
Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans (arstechnica.com)
The study, led by researchers at Brown University, found that the wealthiest Americans lived shorter lives than the wealthiest Europeans.
Health, Economics, Social Inequality, Demographics, International Comparison
120 points by zdw 84 days ago | 84 comments
A demanding work culture could be undermining efforts to raise birth rates (psypost.org)
China’s falling birth rate has become a major national concern, and a new study published in Biodemography and Social Biology suggests that the country’s demanding work culture may be partly to blame.
Demographics, Work Culture, China, Social Science, Parenting
8 points by ivewonyoung 87 days ago | 8 comments
Fort Worth – Now 10th largest US city (wikipedia.org)
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km2) into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.
Cities, Texas, Demographics, Geography
15 points by austin-cheney 89 days ago | 2 comments
Around the World, Many People Are Leaving Their Childhood Religions (pewresearch.org)
In many countries around the world, a fifth or more of all adults have left the religious group in which they were raised. Christianity and Buddhism have experienced especially large losses from this “religious switching,” while rising numbers of adults have no religious affiliation, according to Pew Research Center surveys of nearly 80,000 people in 36 countries.
Religion, Sociology, Demographics, Global Trends
45 points by vially 90 days ago | 110 comments
Why Are Birthrates Plummeting Worldwide? [video] (youtube.com)
Demographics, Global Trends, Social Issues, Population
4 points by pfdietz 90 days ago | 0 comments
Percentage of parents financially supporting adult children reaches 3-year high (savings.com)
Half of parents with adult children provide regular financial assistance to their grown offspring. The average support per adult child is $1,474 monthly, about 6% higher than last year.
Parenting, Finance, Economics, Demographics
35 points by walterbell 92 days ago | 41 comments
One big reason for fewer babies: phones? (vox.com)
All across the world, people are having fewer children. The birth rate is declining quickly in countries ranging from the United States to Finland to Mexico and Turkey.
Demographics, Social Trends, Technology, Family Planning
5 points by rntn 96 days ago | 0 comments
The Vanishing Male Writer (marginalrevolution.com)
It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list.
Literature, Gender, Social Issues, Publishing, Demographics
7 points by delichon 96 days ago | 0 comments
The Vanishing White Male Writer (compactmag.com)
It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list. In 2012 the Times included seven white American men under the age of 43 (the cut-off for a millennial today); in 2013 there were six, in 2014 there were six.
Literature, Demographics, Culture, Publishing
13 points by mudil 98 days ago | 5 comments
Population much more than 8.2B, rural areas underestimated (popularmechanics.com)
While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly underrepresenting rural areas.
Population, Demographics, Rural Areas, Research
90 points by the__prestige 98 days ago | 52 comments