Hacker News with Generative AI: Fertility

The higher fertility of TSMC semiconductor workers (boomcampaign.org)
This tweet has gone viral for pointing out the extraordinary fertility of the employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s leading manufacturer of semiconductors and producer of nearly 90% of the most advanced chips. Though TSMC employees make up 0.3% of Taiwan’s population, they are responsible for 1.8% of all babies born in Taiwan. In every fifty Taiwanese babies born, one is a TSMC baby.

Taiwan, Semiconductors, Demographics, Fertility, Workforce

88 points by walterbell 32 days ago | 85 comments

The Fertility Crisis – highlights from the comments section (ronghosh.substack.com)
That’s me in the hat.Thus far I have written two posts about the fertility crisis. The first was an expression of my confusion as to what pro-natalists actually want.The second was a consolidation of all the different opinions throughout the internet. When I posted the second piece on reddit, people provided a number of rebuttals/arguments, which I have consolidated here. Thanks for reading Ron’s Log! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Subscribe

Fertility, Demographics, Social Commentary, Opinion

18 points by paulpauper 53 days ago | 10 comments

US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023 (cnn.com)

Demographics, Fertility, USA, Population

40 points by paulpauper 63 days ago | 127 comments

Why Is Fertility Collapsing, Globally? (ggd.world)
Something dramatic is happening everywhere all at once: fertility is plummeting, with major implications for economic growth and social stability. Yet public discourse is seriously weird, crudely:

Fertility, Demographics, Social Impact, Global Trends, Economics

6 points by paulpauper 71 days ago | 7 comments

The Obvious-Once-You-Think-About-It Reason Why Education Cuts Fertility (betonit.ai)
As education goes up, fertility goes down. This rule works within countries: High-education individuals have fewer kids than low-education individuals. This rule works across countries: High-education nations have fewer kids than low-education nations.

Education, Fertility, Demographics, Social Science

13 points by jger15 82 days ago | 20 comments

Remote Work and Fertility (twitter.com)

Remote Work, Fertility, Work-Life Balance

36 points by MrBuddyCasino 85 days ago | 7 comments

Air pollution harms male fertility while women face similar risk from noise (theguardian.com)