Oddbean new post about login | logout If Elons right about the underpopulation problem, how many kids would one need to have per couple to regulate things? Anyone good at math? 🥲 it’s not my strong suit 🥹 #asknostr
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Only 1 🤯👀 damn, I was planning on 3/4 🤣🫂
No no i am summoning him to Math™️
Damn sleepy, I didn’t know you were good with the numbers 🔥
I’m notttt 🤣 gfy @noBody𓅦🧱 setting me up for failure 😭🤣 https://media1.tenor.com/m/w2pqHCw_RJ0AAAAC/confused-confused-math.gif
Oh. I am so bad at math that i thought you were good at math
the only math I know is 6 + 9 + 4 + 2 + 0 = 21
Tbf that math is really gud
it’s a proof I’ve been working on for quite sometime, I’m hopeful it’ll get me sum sort of award https://media1.tenor.com/m/UCKV-vJCkZEAAAAC/participation-participation-tropjy.gif
I know about 69 😏 Thought this was dirty till I saw 21 🤔 I don’t know this position You frogs are wilddd
Ohhhhh I just realised 21 million bitcoin 😂🫂 well my mind is in the gutter
Wait you’ve never 21’d before? Woww #pruuude
I like 77 better than 69 because you get 8 more.
I WANT 5, THAT SHOULD HELP A LITTLE
It's best to start now, and count those kids later. Chop chop, miss! We will crowdsource a Bitcoin hubby for you!
I will 🤣😂🫡🥹 thank you Rex 😂🫂🫂🫂🫂
Hopefully we get something of quality choices for you my friend!
😂🤣😂🤣🫂 thank you Rex 🥹🫂 very kind 💜xx I reckon it’s best for me to date in London though 🫂🫂 would help with baby making when the time came too, less distance to cover 🤣🫂🫂🫂🫂
This is true. 😁
It’s really kind of you to try to help me though 😭🥹🫂🫂🫂💜💜 I reckon there are London nostriches on here, but they are super anon 🫂😭
I cant help with the london thing, or the hubby part because a good woman brat you too it 😁 But come "up north" the scenery is wonderful and the men are freindly salt of the earth types. Im sure you'd find someone to keep you warm at night...😉
The average required to maintain a population is roughly ~2.1ish children. Some families will have 1, some more than 2, some without any. But once the average drops below a this, the population begins to age rapidly
Damn 🫂😭 maybe I’ll have 5
One of my sisters has 5 kids, you would be surprised how automated parenting becomes after you have the second child. The most the merrier I guess 😄
Aw that’s lovely! I love big families 🥹🫂
I don’t think it’s the underpopulation problem. The problem is the poor redistribution of resources, land and wealth. It would be nicer to have more of everything among us today, and not to have more people with fewer resources. But it’s Elon in X. •𓅦
Nah I get this, but can’t both be a problem? 🥹 we need better leadership and more sex 🫂
Okay 🫂 We need more sex. We need better leaders. But we also need a better distribution of the land and its resources. Don’t overpopulate it more in the same places. Elon speaks then he thinks, then he regrets and opens his mouth again without much argument.He is perfect for X. 😂
I agree, we do, and governments should foresee things like this. They’re too slow with AI safely, now they’re too slow with this 😭 He might be telling us to fix one problem before the other is fixed but at least he’s warning us 🥹 I mean we could do nothing and just let the population age and die out sooner, but that’s a bit grim. I suppose it’s up to the leaders to catch up - again 😭 😂🤣😂 I dunno, I like unfiltered comments 😂🫂 those are the best 🔥
You are my type 😌 You have to look for 1000 solutions to 1 problem. I think I’ll have to do more of my part to repopulate the earth 😄 I’ll tell you something. On the side of the earth where I live, governments are quite slow in everything. I don’t expect anything from them, ever. The bad thing, as a state society puts them at the forefront as leaders but we are a rare species, we always put at least fit at the front.
Ok. We have a genuine lady who is concerned about the population of the world. She's funny. She's brilliant. She's cute. She's got that sexy mind. AND She's a #Bitcoiner Share this note and let's find a #Bitcoin hubby for @Eshara ------------------------------- If Elons right about the underpopulation problem, how many kids would one need to have per couple to regulate things? Anyone good at math? 🥲 it’s not my strong suit 🥹 #asknostr
This is unbelievably sweet 😭🫂🫂💜 you could be a match maker Rex 🤔🫂🔥
Here’s how I think about it: If a couple has two kids, they only replace themselves after they die. If they have three, there is a “profit” of one. Population wise, this would likely be canceled out by couples having no or one child, but it’s still growth in the context of that nuclear family. That’s my baseline goal as far as number of kids. I was an only child so my stretch goal is four or more if I can. I probably won’t be able to have more than three, though. I’m not too tore up about it; I’m more focused on enjoying and doing the best for whatever number of children I’m blessed with.
Probably at least 3 per couple
I like three 🥹 in case 2 fight there’s a third one to keep the peace 🫂
Or they can gang up on the third! That’s what my brothers did to me 😅
Ealon is a scam, he seems to be just another technocrat but way smarther than Swaps and his cronies. There is no "right number of people" he is just priming us to think that someone should regulat such things, the same argument that malthusians have but the other way around. The miracle of free market as a system to coordinate resources is that it will adjust to whatever situation we face, resources will be economized when and where needed, nobody needs to micro-manage how much people lives whether for shrinking that number or to push it upwards. Something that is usually misinterpreted is the retirement system that is actually a ponzi that needs more and more people entering the pyramid scheme to delai its collapse, that is not an issue of having a low number of people, but an issue of the system itself that is basically an intergenerational scam
But isn’t it possibly that the world has more than one issue? 🥹🫂 I see your point, but I see his too. The numbers he mentioned are apparently recorded numbers he’s monitored, and I can’t imagine why he would lie. He has this need to save the world, a superman complex. That’s not so bad. I mean he lives what he preaches and he’s had 11 kids I think. I like him cos even though he can be mean and we won’t always agree with his methods, he’s honest - what you see is what you get. Also he’s pretty darn funny 🫂
I think he don't want to save te world, I believed that at some point and didn't wanted to think about the opposite, but when I see what he does with a bit of suspicious... hmm I don't like what I see He is taking steps towards every future way of building a dystopic panopticon, owning social media, owning internet infrastructure, owning ICBMs, owning human-machine interface with neuralink... When I see what other influential people does I trust them more, for example Jack supported nostr from almost day one, no questions asked, no strings attached (AFAIK). The same with Bitcoin. Why isn't Ealon doing that? Why choosing to place himselv in such strategic position?
Nah I get this 🫂 never a bad thing to ask why and be on guard, totally get that and agree. I dunno, to me he seems like a guy that doesn’t think we can do it on our own. Kind of like when a person tells you to get out of the kitchen and they’ll do it themselves (this has happened to me 😭). And I do appreciate what jacks done for nostr too, it’s very kind of him. I don’t think just cos Jack is kind that Elon must be bad cos he has other interests 🥹 I wish he would join with nostr but he’s got his own thing going. Who knows, he might join one day. Maybe he doesn’t think anyone can do it as well as him - arrogant, yes, controlling, yes, knows what he’s talking about, yep 🥹 I like having someone who knows what they’re doing in charge of things. I suppose there’s always a chance he could be up to something, but I’d be surprised. He’s the only one of those silicon valley guys I’ve seen cry. I’ve barely seen the men in my family cry, but this leader cries in front of the world. Hard to explain, but I think he’s being genuine 🫂 I could be totally wrong though 🙏🏽
Thanks for your thoghts on this and the detailed answer! I hope you are right, I believe that even though many people are rotten to the core there are still heroes that does the right thing in the face of a dark future, the Snowdens, the Assanges, the Satoshis, and hopefully Ealon
I think he is funny, but I also thing that hi is not showing us what is he up to. I don't say you change your mind about him, becaus of course I can be wrong, but I do think is wise to be a bit wary about his intentions. It may be tha case that he is legit but still something is off for me...
I agree 💯🫂 I am always weary 🙏🏽 and I totally get why you are too. Also I agree I wish Elon would help promote Bitcoin, but maybe he just wants to let the chips fall where they may and see what happens 🤔 - he’s probably just having a laugh with doge coin 😭 you can buy Tesla/ space X merch with it 🙈 he’s kind of a plonker sometimes 😭🤣
In western countries 2.1 children per couple is the minimum replacement value needed to maintain a population. The .1 is because not all children survive to adulthood.
:0 we can't both be right lol
What did he say?
It was in a YouTube video where he discussed quite a few things but one of which was a population problem. He said he was looking at the numbers and there’s a lot of countries that are underpopulated and the numbers aren’t getting any better 🥹 https://youtu.be/fXS_gkWAIs0?si=Y215qyH-iDE_QDM2
I have 3 kids. Two boys and a girl. That’s a great number. At least for us 😂 I have no idea how many are enough
3 is wonderful 🥹 i want three too 🫂 I reckon you’ve got the magic number already lovely 🫂💜
They are wonderful. Do you know what's funny? When I was young (so very young 🤣), I didn't really want kids. And then I wasn't even 30 and already had my three sweeties 🫂😍
You are still young lovely 🫂💜 aw it was meant to be 🥹 I always thought I’d have my kids before 30, but I’ll be thirty in less than 2 years so I’m thinking early thirties 😂🫂💜
You are so sweet 🫂 I am sure you will be a great mom. No matter when it will be 😘 you are such a loving person that you can even feel it here on a social media platform (okay, nostr is not just a social media platform) without ever having met you. I often think about my first time as a mom these days. I was so young... and naive 😂 I read everything about pregnancy, birth and the first time with baby. I was prepared (or so I thought 😂). I had planned everything. Then my son came...and with him came real life 🫣🤣
This is so unbelievably kind, means more than you know 🥹🫂♥️ thank you Luna 🫂🫂🫂 I can tell you’re a wonderful mum 🫂🫂🫂🫂💜💜 This makes me feel better 🥹💜🫂 I worry that I won’t be prepared when the day finally comes. I have read not a single baby book 😭💜🫂 I bet you were brilliant lovely 🫂 did you find the books helpful at all? Or were they a waste of time?
Personal experience says books are great for unrealistic expectations about motherhood 😂. But it's great to get perspective. Nothing prepares you for the rollercoaster emotions of being a mom, it is the best when everyone is happy and healthy and so awful when you can't take away what it is that's hurting your child. Gut instinct is usually right, nature definitely finds a way. When it's time, you'll be a great parent, the concern you're feeling now is part of it 😊.
My wonderful friend lent us several books I didn’t crack 😂 I learned most of the things about pregnancy and parenting which I learned before the birth from the internet or from people I know. That’s not to say books aren’t useful! Just don’t feel like you will fail if you don’t read one.
Did the books help me 🤔? Yes and no. In any case, reading them has given me a lot to think about. Also what kind of birth I wanted (I always gave birth on an outpatient basis), as far as nutrition was concerned (I didn't want industrial baby food). But it was also difficult to deal with the fact that many things turned out quite differently than I had imagined. So books gave me an idea and a sense of direction, but in the end, real life was completely different. Unfortunately, my family (parents and siblings) lived very far away from me at the time, so the first few months were pretty tough. I was overwhelmed. But that was okay. My son and I did it together and learned from each other.
You should aim for minimum 4. Ideally 6-8. Find a man that have the same goals and that will want you to be a full time mom.
