What is MoreBirths
MoreBirths is a data-driven resource dedicated to helping humanity to understand and ultimately solve the low birthrate crisis that has taken hold across the world.
Seeing the problem
Understanding Fertility Collapse
around the world, why we are so slow to see it, and how it is striking at the core of progress and innovation itself.
Why population collapse is so devastating
by hitting hardest in the most innovative countries, and how this will be catastrophic for technological progress and civilization itself.
A focus on solutions
Most of all MoreBirths is here for solutions. Low birth rates are not due to one factor but many. Although some factors have a bigger impact than others, it is important to understand all the variables at play as we work toward solutions.
So MoreBirths explores causes and solutions in a range of domains:
How pronatal and antinatal beliefs and messages drive fertility
and how current beliefs help explain the current decline.
Marriage as the single strongest predictor of childbearing
and how the collapse in marriage around the world is leading a collapse in family formation, so that marriage matters even more than in the past.
The fertility of the faithful
and what we can learn from the groups among us that seem to be defying birthrate collapse.
The remarkable impact of housing on birthrates
and how the data show huge differences in whether children come based on housing type, density and cost.
The difficult tug of war between work and home life
and possibilities for balancing these competing interests.
And a whole lot more!
Who is MoreBirths
The primary contributor to MoreBirths is Daniel Hess, a father of 6 with a background in high tech who has the goal to go through all the empirical data to be found about what drives birthrates, and share what I learn with the reader.
Although I will sometimes fail, my goal is always to stick closely to the evidence and let the data tell the story.
Let’s learn together, and become part of the solution what Elon Musk and many other thinkers have called the greatest risk to civilization today.
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We offer a subscription tier as a form of donation for supporting the extensive research and writing time involved, and appreciate any support, as it helps us dedicate more time to this important work, and may allow for more proactive marketing to amplify More Births content over time.
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