John Burn-Murdoch for the Financial Times: Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once. This is a gift link but has only 3 uses, so I will reveal the punchline of this beautifully illustrated exploration of data here: “In country after country the birth rate plunged after the introduction of smartphones, no matter what the previous trend was. The younger the age group, the more pronounced the downturn — a mirror image of smartphone usage patterns.” Note that my thoughts on journalist s...

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